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> [!example] See also [[Broome, Christopher Edmund|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Broome, Christoph Edmund (1812-1886), British mycologist at Batheaston in the Bristol district, B.A. Cambridge, Trinity Hall, degree 1836, lived near Bristol, later at Clifton, from 1848 at Elmhurst near Bath.
**Abbreviated name**: *Broome* \[standard form in IPNI: *Broome*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]] (40.000), further material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection K|K]] (lich.), [[Collection PC|PC]]. – Contributed also material to Rabenhorst exsiccatae.
#### Correspondence
BM. – *Library* and *Fungi* at Bath Literary and Scientific Institute (fide Desmond), books and pamphlets to the number of 212 at BM.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 258; BB p. 47; BM 1: 258; Bossert p. 54; CSP 1: 655, 7: 274, 9: 366, 12: 125; 13: 838; Desmond p. 92 (b. 24 Jul 1812, Berkhampstead, d. 15 Nov 1886, London); Frank 3(Anh.): 14 ("Broom"); GR p. 368; GR, cat. p. 61; HR; IH 2: 108; Kew 1: 386; LS 2679-2684, 4150-4155c; Morren ed. 2, p. 22; TL-2/1: 357 and see indexes.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Grevillea 15(74): 63. Dec 1886 (d.); J. Bot. 24: 384. Dec 1886 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1886-1887: 34-35. 1887; Bot. Gaz. 12(8): 201. Aug 1887 (coll., herb. BM).
- Babington, C.C., Memorials 269. 1897.
- Berkeley, E. and D. Smith Berkeley, A Yankee botanist in the Carolinas 101, 102, 108, 109, 121, 143. 1986.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.285, 229.340, 269.76. 1980.
- Hawksworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenology Brit. Isl. 1568-1975: 197; nos. 222, 223. 1977.
- Murray, G., J. Bot. 25(293): 147. 1887 (obit. note); Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Depts. Brit. Mus. 1: 137. 1904 (coll.).
- Riddelsdell, H.J., Fl. Gloucestershire cxx. 1948.
- Seaver, F.J., North-American cup fungi 348. 1942.
- Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 296. 1981.
- White, J.W., Fl. Bristol 83. 1912.
- Winter, G., Hedwigia 26(1): 40. 1887 (d.).
### Publications
##### n.23.150. On some of the fungi found in the Bath district
**Title**
*On some of the fungi found in the Bath district*... Bath (William Lewis, "The Bath Herald Office...") 1880. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1880 (read 12 Mar 1879, t.p. date 1880), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-31. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Bath Nat. Hist.... Field Club 4: 181-209. 1880.
*Earlier notes* (same title): 1877, idem 3: 63-71. 1877.
##### n.23.151. On fungi found in the neighbourhood of Bath
**Title**
*On fungi found in the neighbourhood of Bath*... Bath (Printed by Lewis, Sons & Tyte, The Bath Herald Office \[1883\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1883 (read 14 Mar 1883), p. 143-172, \[i\* imprint\]. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Bath Nat. Hist.... Field Club 5(3): 143-172. 1883.