Charles Christopher Frost
Charles Christopher Frost | |
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Born | |
Died | March 16, 1880 Brattleboro, Vermont | (aged 74)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, Mycology |
Charles Christopher Frost (November 11, 1805 – March 16, 1880) was an American botanist. He described several species of fungi from the New England area of the United States.[1] In one paper, Frost described 22 new species of boletes,[2] and he was later credited with the discovery of three additional species.[3] His personal herbarium of specimens were given to the University of Vermont in 1902.[4] Portions of his collection today are distributed between the at Harvard University, the New York State Museum, the Bell Museum of Natural History, and the Buffalo Museum of Science.[3]
Early life[]
Frost was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on November 11, 1805. His parents were shoemaker James Frost and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of an officer in the American Revolution. When he was fifteen, Frost left school after being hit with a ruler by a teacher, and assisted his father with his business. Although Frost had developed a prior interest in the natural sciences, his interest in botany grew after meeting with physician Willard Parker, who recommended Frost undertake botanical walks to alleviate the symptoms of his dyspepsia. Frost started studying the mosses and lichens he encountered on these walks. He later investigated fungi, particularly the bolete mushrooms.[5]
Eponymous taxa[]
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- Peck 1883
- Amanita frostiana Peck 1900
- Zhu L.Yang 1997
- Boletus frostii J.L.Russell
- Boletus pseudofrostii B. Ortiz 2007
- var. frostii (Tuck.) Zahlbr. 1929
- var. frostii (Tuck.) Räsänen 1952
- (Peck) Cooke 1886
- Peck 1878
- (Tuck.) Hale & W.L.Culb. 1970
- Murrill 1942
- (Tuck.) Tuck. 1866
- Peck 1879
- Tuck. 1882
- C.Moreau 1947
- (Tuck.) Zahlbr. 1930
- (Tuck.) Tuck. 1882
- Tuck. 1858
- Suillellus frostii (J.L.Russell) Murrill 1909
- Tubiporus frostii (J.L.Russell) Imai{?} 1968
- (Peck) Murrill 1913
Species described[]
- Frost
- Boletus chromapes Frost 1874
- Frost
- Frost 1874
- Boletus firmus Frost 1874
- Frost 1878
- Boletus innixus Frost 1874
- Frost 1874
- Frost
- Frost 1874
- Boletus miniato-olivaceus Frost 1874
- Boletus pallidus Frost 1874
- Boletus peckii Frost 1878
- Frost 1874
- Frost
- Frost 1878
- Boletus salmonicolor Frost 1874
- Frost 1877
- Frost 1874
- Frost 1874
- Frost 1877
- Frost 1884
- Frost 1884
- Frost 1879
- Frost 1879
- Russula flavida Frost 1879
- Frost 1877
- Frost
References[]
- ^ Dudley WR. (1886). "Charles Christopher Frost". Journal of Mycology. 2 (10): 114–8.
- ^ "Catalogue of boleti of New England, with descriptions of new species". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 2: 100–5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Halling RE. (1983). "Boletes described by Charles C. Frost". Mycologia. 75 (1): 70–92. doi:10.2307/3792925. JSTOR 3792925.
- ^ Murrill, William A. (1908). "The boleti of the Frost herbarium". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 5 (11): 517–26. doi:10.2307/2479107. JSTOR 2479107.
- ^ Reid AMM. (1987). "Pioneer New England Bryologists – A prosopography". Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany (19): 26–8.
- ^ IPNI. Frost.
- 1805 births
- 1880 deaths
- American botanists
- American mycologists
- People from Brattleboro, Vermont