> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 225](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355312) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5933-1) LSID 5933-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21519727) QID Q21519727 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Mackay, Alexander Howard (1848-1929), Canadian botanist; B.Sc. Univ. Halifax 1880; teacher at the Pictou Academy, Halifax, 1873-1889, principal of Halifax County Academy 1889-1891; head of the department of education of Nova Scotia 1891-1926; LL.D. h. c. Dalhousie Univ. 1892, id. Univ. Antigonish, N. S. 1905. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Mackay* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.Mackay*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection DAL|DAL]] (destroyed?); [[Collection NSPM|NSPM]] (lichens), [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 426; BL 1: 133, 138, 307; CSP 16: 967-968; De Toni 2:lxxviii; IH 2:483; Kelly p. 136; LS 16201-16202, 36363; NAF 9(6): 442; Stevenson p. 1250; Tucker 1: 449. - Boivin, B., Provancheria 10: 170. 1980 (coll.). - Colinvaux, L. H., Taxon 15: 166. 1966 (coll. algae). - Dörfler, J., Botaniker-Adressbuch 174. 1896 (err. A. K. Mackay). - Osborn, H., Fragm. entom. hist. 130. 1937. - Penhallow, D. P., Trans. R. Soc. Can. ser. 2. 3(4): 19, 46. 1897. - Piers, H., Proc. Nova Scot. Inst. 17: xlvii-liii. 1930 (obit., portr., b. 19 Mai 1848, d. 19 Mai 1929). ### Publications ##### n.5181. Fungi of Nova Scotia **Title** *Fungi of Nova Scotia*: a provisional list. – By A. H. Mackay,... **Abbreviated title**: *Fung. Nova Scotia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1904, cover, p. \[122\]-143. *Copy*: DAO. – "Author's separates published August, 1904" on cover of preprint from Proc. Nova Scot. Inst. 11: 122-143. 27 Mar 1905. *First supplementary list*: 8 May 1908, cover, p. \[119\]-138. *Copy*: DAO. – "Author's separates published 8th May 1908." on cover of preprint from Proc. Nova Scot. Inst. 12(1): 119-138. 1908.