He spent his career as a schoolteacher and Kreisschulinspektor (school district administrator) in
Augsburg. He is known for his research of a class of
fungi known as
Hymenomycetes. He also conducted investigations of
lichens native to southern
Bavaria, including the
Allgäu Alps.[1] In 1903 Britzelmayr started to issue
exsiccata-like series, namely Lichenes exsiccati aus der Flora Augsburgs.[2]
List of Publications
Dermini und Melanospori aus Südbayern, (Dermini and Melanspora of southern
Bavaria); (1883)
Hymenomyceten aus Südbayern, (
Hymenomycetes of southern Bavaria); (1894)
Zur Hymenomyceten-Kunde, (Study of Hymenomycetes); (1895)
Materialien zur Beschreibung der Hymenomyceten, (Materials for the description of Hymenomycetes); (1897). Botanisches Zentralblatt 71: 49–59, 87–96.
Die Lichenen der Allgäuer Alpen. (Lichens of the
Allgäu Alps); (1900), Bericht der Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg (A. V.) in Augsburg 34: 73–139.