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> [!example] See also [[Atkinson, George Francis|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Atkinson, George Francis (1854-1918), American botanist and entomologist, studied at Olivet College 1878-1884, graduated at Cornell University 1885, assistant professor of entomology and zoology at the University of North Carolina 1885-1886, subsequently professor of entomology 1886-1888, professor of botany and zoology as well as botanist to the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of South Carolina 1888-1889, professor of biology at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute with Auburn University 1889-1892, to Cornell University as assistant professor of cryptogamic botany 1892-1893, associate head of the department of botany ib. 1896-1918, died of pheumonia during a field trip Tacoma Washington 1918.
**Abbreviated name**: *Atk.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.F.Atk.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CUP|CUP]] (26.100), further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CU|CU]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection WS|WS]]. – Field notes at [[Collection CUP|CUP]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 86 (b. 26 Jan 1854, Raisinville Mich., d. 14 Nov 1918, Tacoma, Wash.; further biogr. refs.); BM 1: 69, 6: 38; Bossert p. 16; Bret. p. 715 (note), 773; CSP 13: 191-192; DSB 1: 407-408; Ewan ed. 2: 8; IH 2: 44; Kew 1: 94; Lenley p. 11; LS 1243-1303, 30.682-30.713, 33.147, 40.906-40.907; LS suppl. 1323-1344, 8099; NAF 1(1): 153, 9(6): 427, 7(15): 1049, ser. 2. 5: 232; NW p. 39; Rehder 1: 92, 3: 195, 415, 431; TL-2/1: 78-79; Urban-Berl. p. 273.
#### Biofile
- Ainsworth, G.C. and G.R. Bisby, Dict. fungi ed. 6. 49. 1971.
- Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 52: 287. 1892 (succeeded Dudley at Ithaca), 66: 80. 1896 (ord. prof.); J. Mycol. 9: opp p. 217. 1903 (portr. with autograph); Amer. men sci. ed. 1. 11. 1906; Fern J. 9(2): 61-62. 1919 (obit. not.); Bot. Not. 1919: 166.
- Atkinson, G.F., \[letters to N.L. Britton, mainly on North American Flora and nomenclature, at NY\].
- Britton, N.L., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 21(5): 230-231. 1894 (announcement of "A new systematic botany of North America", A. among the editors; not realized in this way; plan later realized as North American flora).
- Carpenter, M.M., Amer. Midl. Natural. 33(1): 4. 1945 (lists further biogr. accounts).
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 47. 1969.
- Farlow, W.G., R. Thaxter and L.H. Bailey, Amer. J. Bot. 6: 301-308. 1919 (obit., portr., list of publ. by H.M. Fitzpatrick (178 nos.)).
- Fitzpatrick, H.M., Science ser. 2. 49: 371-372. 1919; Mycologia 18(6): 291. 1926 (memorial meeting at Ithaca congress).
- Humphrey, H.B., Makers of N. Amer. bot. 6-9. 1961.
- Leonard, J.W., ed., Who's who in America \[ed. 1\]. 1899-1900: 25.
- Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. notes 59: 846. 1919 (phot. on \[845\]).
- Murrill, W.A., J. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 314-315. 1918 (obit.); Mycologia 11: 95-96. 1919; Hist. found. bot. Florida 30. 1945.
- Pfister, D.H., Occas. Pap. Farlow Herb. 16: 129-136. 1981 (A., Farlow and the later starting point debate).
- Reynolds Green, J., Hist. bot. 58. 1909.
- Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 83 \[index\]. 1981.
- Stieber, M.T. and A.L. King, Huntia 5(3): 195. 1984 (arch. mat.).
- Thom, Ch., Biogr. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 29: 17-44. 1956 (obit., portr., bibl. by H.M. Fitzpatrick).
- Whetzel, H.H., Outline hist. phytopathology 104, 105. 1918 (portr.); Bot. Gaz. 67: 366-368. 1919 (obit., portr.); Guide to nature 12: 70.72. 1919 (obit. portr.).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 191, 205, *pl. 147.* 1905 (portr.).
### Publications
##### n.19.659. Steps
**Title**
*Steps* toward a *revision* of the *linosporous species* of the North American graminicolous *Hypocreaceae*... (Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club...) 1894. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 25 Mai 1894 (in journal), p. \[222\]-225. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 21(5): 222-225. 1894.
##### n.19.660. Some fungi from Alabama
**Title**
*Some fungi from Alabama* collected chiefly during the years 1889-1892... Ithaca, N.Y. (Andrus & Church) 1897. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Some fungi Alabama*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 25 Jun 1897 (date on p. 50), p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-50. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Issued as Bull. Cornell Univ., Sci. 3(1). 1897.
##### n.19.661. Some wood-destroying fungi
**Title**
*Some wood-destroying fungi*... Special Report no. 9 \[Geological Survey of Louisiana Report 1899\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1899, cover-t.p., p. \[331\]-338, *pl. 56-62* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rep. Geol. Survey Louisiana 5: 331-338. 1899.
##### n.19.662. Studies of some tree-destroying fungi
**Title**
*Studies of some tree-destroying fungi*... A lecture delivered before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society... 1901. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Stud. tree-destr. fungi*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1901 (read 16 Mar 1901), p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: L.
##### n.19.663. Studies of American fungi
**Title**
*Studies of American fungi* – ed. 1. 1900, see TL-2/205.
**Notes**
*Ed. 2*: Sep 1901, facsimile edition Hafner Publishing Company, New York 1961, p. \[i\*\], col.-frontisp., \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-322, *pl. 1-86* (frontisp. is *pl. 1*, nos. *2-86* uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L.
##### n.19.664. The genus Harpochytrium
**Title**
*The genus Harpochytrium* in the United States... Annales Mycologici... 1903. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1903 (in journal), p. \[479\]-502, *pl. 10* (uncol. drawing auct.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Mycol. 1(6): 479-502, *pl. 10.* 1903.
##### n.19.665. Note on the genus Harpochytrium
**Title**
*Note on the genus Harpochytrium*... Reprinted from the Journal of mycology... 1904. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1904 (in journal), p. \[3\]-8, *pl. 72* (uncol. drawing auct.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Mycol. 10: 3-8, *pl. 72.* 1904.
##### n.19.666. Relation of plants to the environment
**Title**
*Relation of plants to the environment* (or plant ecology). Outline of a course of lectures delivered in the summer school of Cornell University 1903 and 1904... Ithaca, N.Y. (Published by the author) 1904. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Relat. pl. environm.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1904 (date on t.p.), t.p., p. \[1\]-67, \[68\]. *Copy*: MO.
##### n.19.667. The genera Balansia and Dothichloe
**Title**
*The genera Balansia and Dothichloe* in the United States with a consideration of their economic importance... \[Reprinted from the Journal of Mycology... 1905\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1905 (in journal), p. \[i, recto of 248\], \[248\]-267, *pl. 81-88* (uncol. phot.), correction slip pasted on p. 249. *Copies*: B(2), L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Mycol. 11: 248-267. 1905.
##### n.19.668. Life history of Hypocrea alutacea
**Title**
*Life history of Hypocrea alutacea*.. Printed at the University of Chicago Press... 1905. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1905 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 401-417, *pl. 14-16* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B(2), L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 40: 401-417. 1905.
##### n.19.669. A college text-book of botany
**Title**
*A college text-book of botany* being an enlargement of the author's "Elementary botany"... New York (Henry Holt and company) 1905. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *College text-book bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1905, frontisp., p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-737. *Copy*: NY.
##### n.19.670. The development of Agaricus campestris
**Title**
*The development of Agaricus campestris*... \[Chicago, Ill.\] (printed at the University of Chicago Press) 1906. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1906 (date on cover-t.p.; journal issue for Oct, see p. 241), cover-t.p., p. 241-264, *pl. 7-11* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted or preprinted from Bot. Gaz. 42(4): 241-264, *pl. 7-11.* 1906.
##### n.19.671. On the identity of Polyporus "applanatus"
**Title**
*On the identity of Polyporus "applanatus"* of Europe and North America... Berlin (R. Friedlaender & Sohn) 1908. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Jul 1908 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[179\]-191, *pl. 2-4* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Mycol. 6(3): 179-191, *pl. 2-4.* 1908.
##### n.19.672. Observations on Polyporus lucidus
**Title**
*Observations on Polyporus lucidus* Leys, and some of its allies from Europe and North America... \[Chicago\] (printed at the University of Chicago Press) 1908. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1908 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 321-338, *pl. 19* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 46: 321-338, *pl. 19.* 1908.
##### n.19.673. Motions relating to the rules for nomenclature of the fungi
**Title**
Motions proposant des articles additionels sur la nomenclature des champignoms présentées au IIIe Congrès International de Botanique à Bruxelles, 14-22 Mai 1910. *Motions relating to the rules for nomenclature of the fungi* proposed for action at the 3rd International Botanical Congress at Brussels, 14-22 Mai, 1910. Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. \[1909\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Motion rules nom. fungi*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1909 (p. 13: 11 Mar 1909), p. \[1\]-13. *Copies*: FAS(2), L. – The names of 26 American botanists supporting these proposals are listed on p. 8 and 13.
##### n.19.674. The origin
**Title**
*The origin* and taxonomic value *of the veil in Dictyophora* and Itiphallus... \[Chicago, Ill.\] (Printed at the University of Chicago Press) 1911. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1911, (in journal; Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1911), cover-t.p., p. 1-20, *pl. 1-7* (uncol. phot.).
*Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 50: 1-20, *pl. 1-7.* 1911.
##### n.19.675. The development of Agaricus arvensis and A. comtulus
**Title**
*The development of Agaricus arvensis and A. comtulus*... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1914. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 3-22, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 1: 3-22, *pl. 1-2.* 1914.
##### n.19.676. The development of Lepiota clypeolaria
**Title**
*The development of Lepiota clypeolaria*... Berlin (R. Friedlaender & Sohn) 1914. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Jun 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[346\]-356, *pl. 13-16* (uncol. phot.) *Copies*: L(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Mycol. 12(3): 346-356, *pl. 13-16.* 1914.
##### n.19.677. The development of Amanitopsis vaginata
**Title**
*The development of Amanitopsis vaginata*... Berlin (R. Friedlaender & Sohn) 1914. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Aug 1914, cover-t.p., p. \[369\]-392, *pl. 17-19* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Mycol. 12(4): 369-392, *pl. 17-19.* 1914.
##### n.19.678. Homology of the "universal veil" in Agaricus
**Title**
*Homology of the "universal veil" in Agaricus*... \[Abdruck aus Mycologisches Centralblatt... Jena (Verlag von Gustav Fischer) 1914\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1914, cover (identif.), p. \[13\]-19, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mycol. Centralbl. 5: 13-19, *pl. 1-3.* 1914.
##### n.19.679. Phylogeny and relationships in the Ascomycetes
**Title**
*Phylogeny and relationships in the Ascomycetes*... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1915. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb-Apr 1915 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 315-376. *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 2: 315-376. 1915. – Paper read at the 25th anniversary celebration of MO, 16 Oct 1914.
##### n.19.680. Morphology and development of Agaricus Rodmani
**Title**
*Morphology and development of Agaricus Rodmani*... Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society... 1915. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1915 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[309\]-343, *pl. 7-13* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 54(219): 309-343, *pl. 7-13.* 1915.
##### n.19.681. Origin and development of the lamellae in Coprinus
**Title**
*Origin and development of the lamellae in Coprinus*... Reprinted for private circulation from The Botanical Gazette... 1916. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb 1916, cover-t.p., p. 89-130, *pl. 5-12* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 61(2): 89-130, *pl. 5-12.* 1916.
##### n.19.682. The development of Lepiota cristata
**Title**
*The development of Lepiota cristata* and L. seminuda... Reprinted... from Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden... 1916. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 31 Aug 1916 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 209-228, *pl. 21-26* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 209-228, *pl. 21-26.* 1916.