> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 268](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266575) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/16749-1) LSID 16749-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048438) QID Q3048438 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Burt, Edward Angus (1859-1939), American (Athens, Pa. born) mycologist, grew up on a dairy farm near Middle Grove, Saratoga County, N.Y., educated at the State Normal School at Albany (N.Y.) in winters, teaching penmanship, bookkeeping and english at the Albany Academy 1880, teaching natural history at the State Normal School at Albany 1885-1890, entered the junior class at Harvard University 1891 studying with Roland Thaxter and William G. Farlow, AM 1894, Dr. phil. 1895, professor of natural history at Middlebury College (with Ezra Brainerd) 1895-1913, librarian and mycologist at the Henry Shaw School of Botany of Washington University, St. Louis 1913-1933. **Abbreviated name**: *Burt* \[standard form in IPNI: *Burt*\] #### Herbarium and types original cryptogamic herbarium at [[Collection FH|FH]], further material at [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 289 (b. 9 Apr 1859, Athens, Pa., d. 27 Apr 1939, Saratoga Springs N.Y.); IH 2: 109; Kew 1: 435-436; Lenley p. 107 (letters); LS 4504-4517, 31.788; LS suppl. 4215-4243; NW p. 41. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1899: 173; Hedwigia 54(1) (Beibl.): (60).1913 (appt. MO); Amer. men Sci. vols 1-6; Who's who in America vols 2-19. - Day, M.A., Rhodora 3: 207. 1901. - Doidge, E.M., Bothalia 5: 997. 1950. - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. not. 47: 653-655. 1917 (portr.). - Murrill, W.A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 30-31. 1945. - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 28, 30, 33, 40, 44, 69. 1981. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 72. 1981 (archival mat.) #### Composite works - (1) E.A. Burt, *Icones Farlowianiae*, illustrations of the larger fungi of the eastern north America by William Gilson Farlow. Cambridge 1929. – See TL-2/1742 (*in* 1: 814). \[Illustrations by W.G. Farlow, text by E.A. Burt\]. ### Publications ##### n.23.876. Phalloideae of the United States **Title** The *Phalloideae of the United States* I-III... Chicago (The University of Chicago Press) 1896-1897. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: *1*: (Development of the receptaculum of Clathrus columnatus Bosc.): 20 Oct 1896 (in journal), Nat. Nov. Feb. (1) 1897), cover-t.p., p. 273-292, *pl. 11-12.* *Copies*: BKL, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 22(4): 273-292, *pl. 11-12.* *2*: (Systematic account): 23 Nov 1896 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 379-391. *Copies*: BKL, MO, NY. – Id. 22(5): 379-391. 1896. *3*: (On the physiology of the elongation of the receptaculum): 31 Aug 1897 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 73-92. *Copies*: BKL, MO, NY. – Id. 24(2): 73-92. 1897. ##### n.23.877. Collecting **Title** *Collecting* and preparing *fleshy fungi* for the herbarium... Cambridge, Mass. (Cambridge Botanical Supply Company) 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Mar 1898 (in journal, read 5 Feb 1898), cover-t.p., p. \[172\]-186, *pl. 14* (uncol. drawing). *Copies*: BKL, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 25(3): 172-186, *pl. 14.* 1898 ##### n.23.878. Vermont Helvelleae **Title** A list of *Vermont Helvelleae*, with descriptive notes... Rhodora... 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Apr 1899 (in journal), p. \[59\]-67, *pl. 4* (uncol. draw. lith.). *Copies*: L, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 1(4):59-67, *pl. 4.* 1899. ##### n.23.879. Basidiomycetes **Title** Key to the genera of *Basidiomycetes* of *Vermont* with references to scattered literature for the determination of the species... Cambridge, Mass. (Boston Mycological club) 1900. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1900 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: BKL. – "Reprinted, revised and extended by the author, from contributions to the Botany of Vermont VI, published by Middlebury College 1899", (n. v.). ##### n.23.880. Structure and nature of Tremella mycetophila **Title** *Structure and nature of Tremella mycetophila* Peck.... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Mai 1901 (in journal), p. 285-287, *pl. 23* (uncol. draw. auct.). *Copies*: BKL, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 28(5): 285-287, *pl. 23.* 1901. ##### n.23.881. hymenomycetous fungi **Title** Some *hymenomycetous fungi* from *South America*... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Sep 1902 (in journal), p. 571-572. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 29(9): 571-572. 1902. ##### n.23.882. The Thelephoraceae of North America **Title** *The Thelephoraceae of North America* I-XV... \[Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 1914-1926\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: *1*: 1 Jul 1914 (in journal), p. 185-228. *pl. 4-5* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BKL, MO, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1(2): 185-228, *pl. 4-5.* 1914. *2*: 20 Sep 1914 (id.), p. \[327\]-350, *pl. 15-17* (id.). *Copies*: BKL, MO, U. – Id. 1(3): 327-350, *pl. 15-17.* 1914. *3*: 30 Jan 1915 (id.). p. \[357\]-382. *pl. 19* (uncol. draw. and phot.). *Copies*: BKL, MO, U. – Id. 1(4): 357-382, *pl. 19.* 1915. *4*: 8 Oct 1915 (id.), p. \[627\]-658, *pl. 21*, (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 2(3): 627-658, *pl. 21.* 1915. *5*: 20 Dec 1915 (id.), p. \[731\]-770, *pl. 26-27.* *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 2(4): 731-770, *pl. 26-27.* 1915. *6*: 30 Sep 1916 (id.), p. \[203\]-241. *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 3(2): 203-241. 1916. *7*: 4 Nov 1916 (id.), p. \[319\]-343. *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 3(3): 319-343. 1916. *8*: 20 Sep 1917 (id.), p. \[237\]-269. *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 4(3): 237-269. 1917. *9*: 20 Sep 1918 (id.), p. \[177\]-203. *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 5(3): 177-203. 1918. *10*: 23 Dec 1918 (id.), p. \[301\]-372, *pl. 16-17.* *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 5(4): \[301\]-372, *pl. 16-17.* 1918. *11*: 2 Mar 1920 (id.), p. \[253\]-280, *pl.5.* *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 6(4):253-280, *pl.5.* 1920. *12*: 8 Dec 1920 (id.), p. \[81\]-246, *pl. 2-5.* *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 7(2-3): 81-246, *pl. 2-5*, 1920. *13*: 25 Jul 1924 (id.), p. \[1\]-36, *pl. 1.* *Copies*: MO, U. – Id. 11(1): 1-36, *pl. 1.* 1924. *14*: 18 Feb 1926 (id.), p. 213-357. *Copies*: L, MO, U. – Id. 12(3): 213-357. 1925 \[i.e. 1926\]. *15*: 20 Sep 1926 (id.), p. 173-354. *Copies*: L, MO, U. – Id. 13(3): 173-354. 1926. *Facsimile reprint* 1966, p. \[i\*, iii\*, iv\*\], i-v, and reprints of the above. *Copy*: FAS(B). – "*The Thelephoraceae of North America* I-XV... Reprinted in 1966 with a preface by A.L. Welden by Hafner Publishing Company Inc. New York and London. *Ref*.: Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 16: 209-210. 15 Jun 1967 (facs. repr.). ##### n.23.883. Pistillaria **Title** *Pistillaria* (subg. Pistillina) *Thaxteri*, Burt n. sp. the smallest known Hymenomycete. – \[Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1917\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Jan 1917 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 403-406. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 3(4): 403-406. 1916 \[i.e. 1917\]. ##### n.23.884. Merulius in North America **Title** *Merulius in North America*... Reprinted from Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Dec 1917 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 305-362. *pl. 20-22* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4(4): 305-362. 1917. *Supplementary notes*: Apr 1919 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 143-145. *Copies*: L, MO. – Id. 6(2) 143-145. 1919. ##### n.23.885. North American Tremellaceae **Title** Some *North American Tremellaceae*, Dacryomycetaceae, and Auriculariaceae... Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard.... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 6 Jul 1922 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 361-396, *pl. 3* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L(2), MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 8(4): 361-396, *pl. 3.* 1921 \[i. e. 1922\]. ##### n.23.886. North American species of Clavaria **Title** The *North American species of Clavaria* with illustrations of the type specimens... Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1922. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Jul 1922 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 1-78, *pl. 1-11* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L(2), MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 9(1): 1-78, *pl. 1-11.* 1922. ##### n.23.887. Higher fungi of the Hawaiian Islands **Title** *Higher fungi of the Hawaiian Islands*... Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard.... 1923. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Oct 1923 (in journal), p. 179-189 *Copies*: L, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 10(2): 179-189. 1923. ##### n.23.888. wood-destroying fungi of Java **Title** Some *wood-destroying fungi of Java*... Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard.... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 25 Jul 1924 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 37-42, *pl. 2* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 11(1): 37-42, *pl. 2.* 1924. ##### n.23.889. Hymenomycetous fungi of Siberia and Eastern Asia **Title** *Hymenomycetous fungi of Siberia and Eastern Asia* – Mostly of wood-destroying species... Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard.... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Oct 1931 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 469-487. *Copies*: L, MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 18(3): 469-487. 1931.