Andrew Price Morgan
Andrew Price Morgan (born October 27, 1836 in Centerville near Dayton , Ohio , † 1907 ) was an American botanist and mycologist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Morgan ".
Live and act
Morgan worked as a teacher in Dayton.
He studied the botany of the Miami River and published the "Flora of the Miami River, Ohio". But he was particularly interested in mycology. He was the mentor of Curtis Gates Lloyd , who also became a noted botanist and mycologist. His correspondence with Lloyd is kept in the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati.
A number of mushrooms have been named after Morgan, including:
- Boletus morgani Peck
- Polyporus morgani Frost
- Lepiota morgani ("Poisonous parasol")
- Russula morgani
- Cantharellus morgani Peck
- Hypoxylon morgani Ellis & Everh.
He named the fungus Hygrophorus laurae after his wife - today: Limacium laurae (Morgan) Singer.
Web links
- Author entry and list of described plant names for Andrew Price Morgan at the IPNI
- Entry in the Illinois Mycological Association ( Memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/people/0017296_.htm
- https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/1190/1/V01N03_033.pdf
- AP Morgan Papers, 1836-1906, Collection No. 12 at lloydlibrary.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morgan, Andrew Price |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mycologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Centerville near Dayton , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1907 |