Nacque a Situbondo nell'isola di Java (attuale Indonesia) da genitori olandesi. Frequentò le scuole superiori nei Paesi Bassi e poi studiò biologia all'Università di Utrecht dove si laureò il 7 luglio 1933.
Pubblicazioni
Marinus Anton Donk (1931) "Revisie van de Nederlandse Heterobasidiomyceteae (uitgez. Uredinales en Ustilaginales) en Homobasidiomyceteae-Aphyllophraceae : I." in Mededeelingen van de Nederlandsche Mycologische Vereeniging 18:20 pp. 67 - 200 Marinus Anton Donk (1933) "Revisie van de Nederlandse Heterobasidiomyceteae (uitgez. Uredinales en Ustilaginales) en Homobasidiomyceteae-Aphyllophraceae : II." in Mededeelingen van het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijks Universiteit te Utrecht 9 pp. 1 - 278 Marinus Anton Donk (1949) "New and revised nomina generica conservanda proposed for Basidiomycetes (Fungi)" in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg (Annals of the Buitenzorg Botanical Garden) 3rd series, 18 pp. 83 - 168
Marinus Anton Donk (1949) "Nomenclatural notes on generic names of agarics (Fungi: Agaricales)" in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg (Annals of the Buitenzorg Botanical Garden) 3rd series, 18 pp. 271 - 402
Marinus Anton Donk (1959) "Notes on Cyphellaceae: 1" in Persoonia 1 pp. 25 - 110
Marinus Anton Donk (1962) "The generic names proposed for the Agaricaceae" in Beihefte Nova Hedwigia 5 pp. 1 - 320
Marinus Anton Donk (1962) "Notes on Cyphellaceae: 2" in Persoonia 2 pp. 331 - 348
Marinus Anton Donk (1964) "A conspectus of the families of Aphyllophorales" in Persoonia 3 pp. 199 - 324
Marinus Anton Donk (1964) "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae" in Persoonia 1 pp. 173 - 302
Specie di funghi individuate
Clavariadelphus ligula (Fries) Donk Clavariadelphus pistillaris (Fries) Donk Clavariadelphus truncatus (Quélet) Donk Clavulina amethystina (Fries) Donk Clavulina zolleringii (Léveillé) Donk Datronia mollis (S. C. Sommerfelt: Fries) Donk Entoloma abortivum (M. A. Curtis & Berkeley) Donk Osteina obducta (Berkeley) Donk Oxyporus populinus (H. C. F. Schumacher: Fries) Donk Ramariopsis kunzei (Fries) Donk Tyromyces fragilis (Fries) Donk
Generi di funghi individuati
Clavariadelphus Donk Datronia Donk Osteina Donk Oxyporus (Galzin & Bourdot) Donk Ramariopsis (Donk) Corner Thanatephorus Donk
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