Today, 52 years ago, on 3 January 1973 (November 29, 1972) the fungus scientist Di Feng Lung died. Di Feng Lung (1893.5.4-1973.1.3), fungus scientist. Hubei Jianglong. In 1913 he completed the preparatory class at Qingdao School. In 1914-1919 he studied at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Cornell and the University of Columbia. In 1948 he was selected as an academic at the Central Institute of Research. He was a researcher and director of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1955 he was selected as a member of the Faculty of Chinese Academy of Sciences (academic). The founder of Chinese fungology, and one of the main founders of Chinese plant pathology. Early studies of rice, fruit and tree crops and their prevention