Edward Angus Burt
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Born | April 9, 1859 |
Died | April 27, 1939 | (aged 80)
Edward Angus Burt (April 9, 1859 – April 27, 1939) was an American mycologist and an authority on the resupinate (flat on the substrate) fungus family Thelephoraceae.[1][2] He received his M.A. in 1894 and Ph.D. in 1895, both from Harvard University under William G. Farlow and Roland Thaxter.[2] He became Professor of Natural History at Middlebury College in 1895, then both Professor of Botany at the at Washington University and mycologist for the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1913.[2] He also worked on a systematic description of basidiomycetes such as Merulius and fungi from Vermont, Siberia, and Java.[2]
The Septobasidium species S. burtii is named in his honor.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Farlow Herbarium
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d EDWARD ANGUS BURT PAPERS (1895-1926), New York Botanical Gardens
- ^ Septobasidium burtii, MycoBank
- ^ Henk, D. A.; Vilgalys, R. (2007). "Molecular phylogeny suggests a single origin of insect symbiosis in the Pucciniomycetes with support for some relationships within the genus Septobasidium". American Journal of Botany. 94 (9): 1515–1526. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.9.1515.
- ^ IPNI. Burt.
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- Middlebury College faculty
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