He was executed by German forces in the second month of the First World War. He then attended the University of Nancy from until He was appointed to the staff of the ecclesiastical college of Malgrange, near Nancy, where he taught literature and mathematics until his death.
The first was published in Vouaux was interested in natural history and particularly knowledgeable about fungi and insects. He was influenced to focus on lichens by two other member of staff at the college, Harmand and Le Monnier. He corresponded with other mycologists in France and abroad. He was active in describing lichens from and his accounts began to be published in the Bulletin of the Mycological Society of France from He had completed seven booklets by , under the title Synopsis of the Parasitic Fungi of Lichens Synopsis des Champignons parasites des Lichens.
These provided careful and critical descriptions, including 36 new species of lichen, but he also began to write about the lifestyle of lichens, discussing the concepts of parasitism , symbiosis and saptrophism in their context. His death in the small town of Jarny on 26 August was caused by the First World War, even though he was a civilian.
The town was only a few kilometres from the French-German border and was occupied during the first days of the war. He was shot by German forces along with the town's mayor and two other men in a reprisal or demonstration. He may have been present in place of his brother, the town's priest, who had volunteered for medical service. Specimens that Vouaux collected are held in herbaria at universities in Marseille, Angers and elsewhere.
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