> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 536](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120667) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1783-1) LSID 1783-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2351239) QID Q2351239 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1825-1914), British mycologist and algologist, at India Museum 1861-1880, at Kew 1880-1892. **Abbreviated name**: *Cooke* \[standard form in IPNI: *Cooke*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (incl. drawings). *Exsiccatae*.Fungi britannici exs.*, 2 series, see below under no. 1198. *Ref*.: IH 2: 137. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 37; BB p. 72; BM 1: 378-379, 6: 230: CSP 2: 40, 7: 425, 9: 564, 12: 166, 14: 338; GR p. 369; HR; Jackson p. 534 \[index\]; Kew 1: 609-610; LS 5555-5848, 32320-32359; MW p. 83; NI 393-398, 394n; Plesch p. 182; PR 1854-1859. - Harshberger, Botanists of Philadelphia 442\[index\]. 1899. - Anon., J. Mycol. 2: opp. 105. 1905 (portr.). - Anon., Hist. coll. BM (NH) 141. 1904. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 90-91. 1903, 3(3): 76. 1905. - G.M., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1912: 369 (premature obituary notice). - Anon., Gard. Chron. 56: 345-346. 1914 (portr.). - Cotton, J. Kew Guild 3: 243. 1915 (portr.). - Lloyd, Letter no. 57: 1-4. 1915 (portr., bibl.). - Ramsbottom, J. Bot. 53: 58-66. 1915 (portr.). - Ramsbottom, Trans. Brit, mycol Soc. 5: 169-185. 1915 (portr.). - Stapf, Proc. Linn. Soc. 1914/15: 23-24. 1915. - Güssow, Phytopathology 6: 1-4. 1916 (portr.). - Barnhart, NAF 9(6): 432. 1916, 11(1): 88. 1937, 7(15): 1056. 1940. - Nissen, Zool. Buchill. 100. 1966. - Daniels, Artists Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 16-17. 1974 (portr.). - Stafleu, *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 23: 754. 1974 (portr.). #### Composite works - (1) Mueller, *Fragm*., vol. 11, supplement p. 75-104, *Fungi australiani*, also Published separately. Melbourne 1883, 72 p., *4 pl*. (Nat. Nov. Dec 1883). - (2) *Grevillea*, a monthly record of cryptogamic botany and its literature, edited by M. C. Cooke, vols. 1-20, 1872-1892. #### Note For Cooke's *Romance of low life amongst plants*, London 1893, Published by the Society for promoting Christian knowledge, see e.g. George Murray, J. Bot. 31: 379-380. 1893: "\[he\] knows just the kind of thing that tickles." #### Eponymy *Cookeina* O. Kuntze (1891); *Cookella* P. A. Saccardo (1878). ### Publications ##### n.1195. A plain and easy account of British fungi **Title** *A plain and easy account of British fungi*: with descriptions of the esculent and poisonous species, details of the principles of scientific classification, and a tabular arrangement of orders and genera.... with twenty-four coloured plates. London (Robert Hardwicke) 1862. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Plain account Brit. fung.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1862, lith. t.p., \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-148, *pl. 1-23*, coloured liths. \[the 24th lith. is the t.p.\] *Copies*: NY, Stevenson. *Ed. 2*: London (id.) 1866, Oct. "a new and revised edition," lith. t.p., \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-166, *pl. 1-23. Copy*: Stevenson. *Ed. 2*\[*a*\]: London (id.) 1871, Oct.,"a new and revised edition." lith. t.p., \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-166, *pl. 1-23. Copies*: MICH, NY, Stevenson. *Ed. 3*: London (Hardwicke & Bogue) Sep-Oct 1876, Oct.,"revised"... "esculent and economic species," p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-166, *pl. 1-20. Copy*: MICH. *Ed. 4.n.v.* *Ed. 5.* "*revised*" London (W. H. Allen & Co.) 1884, Oct. (Hedwigia 24: 175. Jul-Aug 1885; Nat. Nov. Mar 1885, as of "1885"), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1, list of plates\], \[1\]-166, *pl. 1-20* (34 species; col. lith.), (title as ed. 3, 1876). *Copy*: MICH. *Ed. 6*: London (W. H. Allen and Co.) 1898, Oct. (Nat. Nov. Jan 1898), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-166, *pl. 1-20. Copy*: Stevenson. "... fungi, with especial reference to the esculent and economic species." *Ed. 7*: Edinburgh (John Grant) 1904, Oct., p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-166, *pl. 1-20. Copies*: NY, Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 1: 378; Kew 1: 609; LS 5556, 5584, 5629. ##### n.1196. Index fungorum britannicorum **Title** *Index fungorum britannicorum*. A complete list of fungi found in the British Islands to the present date, arranged so as to be applicable either as a check-list or for herbarium labels. London (Robert Hardwicke) \[1863\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Index fung. brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863 or Jan 1864 (errata, p. 58 "1863"; J. Bot. 2: 60. Feb 1864; Hedwigia 4: 57. Apr? 1865, but listed as "Neuigkeit" by Flora as early as 7 Mai 1864 and dated by BM as \[1863\]), p. \[i\], \[1\]-58.*Copies*: MICH, NY, Stevenson. For synonymy, reference is made to Streinz's *Nomenclator fungorum*, Vienna 1862. *Ref*.: BM 1: 378; Kew 1: 609; LS 5371. ##### n.1197. Rust, smut, mildew, & mould **Title** *Rust, smut, mildew, & mould*. An introduction to the study of microscopic fungi... With nearly 300 figures by J. E. Sowerby. London (Robert Hardwicke) 1865. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rust, smut*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jan-Mar 1865 (Preface Jan 1865; Flora 29 Mar 1865; Hedwigia Jul 1865), p. \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-238, *pl. 1-6, 8-16, pl. 7* as frontispiece, chromolith. by John Edward Sowerby (x-1870). *Copies*: MICH, NY. *Ed. 2*: London (id.) 1870, before Nov (Bot. Zeit. 11 Nov 1870), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-242, *pl. 1-6, 8-16, pl. 7* as frontispiece, chromolith. by J. E. Sowerby ("with nearly 300 figures by ..."). *Copy*: MICH. *Ed. 3*: London (id.) 1872, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-244, *pl. 1-16*, idem. *Copy*: MICH. *Ed. 4*: "revised and enlarged," London (Hardwicke and Bogue) 1878, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-262, *pl. 1-6, 8-16, pl. 7* as frontispiece, chromolith. by J. E. Sowerby ("illustrated with 269 coloured figures by..."). *Copies*: BR, MICH, NY. *Ed. 5*: London 1886 (Nat. Nov. Nov 1886), \[i-vii\], \[1\]-260 \["62"\], *pl. 1-16. Copy*: NY. *Ed. 6*: 1897 (Nat. Nov. Jan 1898), 1-270, 269 ill. – *Sixth edition, revised and enlarged*, London (W. H. Allen and Co.) 1902, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-262 \["62"\], *pl. 1* (frontispiece), *2-16*, chromolith. by J. E. Sowerby ("illustrated with 269 figures by..."). *Copies*: BR, MICH. *Ref*.: BM 1: 378 (ed. 4); Jackson p. 167 \[ed. 1 and 4\]; Kew 1: 610 (ed. 6); LS 5570, 5733, 32230; NI 398. - Seemann, J. Bot. 3: 100. Mar 1865. ##### n.1198. Fungi britannici exsiccati **Title** *Fungi britannici exsiccati*, cent. 1-7, London 1865-1874. **Abbreviated title**: *Fung. brit. exs.* **Notes** |cent. |nos. |date |Hedwigia| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-100 |1865 |5(1): 14-15 Jan 1866| |2 |101-200 |1866 |5(12): 182-183 Dec 1866| |3 |201-300 |1867 |6(10): 153-154 Oct 1867| |4 |301-400 |1870 |10(10): 160, 167-168 Oct-Nov 1871| |5 |401-500 |1872 |11 (3): 40-41, 48 Mar 1872| |6 |501-600 |1872 |12(4): 61-62 Apr 1873| |7 |601-700 |1874 |13(9): 138 Sep 1874| *Second* edition, 6 cent., nos. 1-600, London 1875-1877. – Sets of ed. 1 and 2 at FH, K. *100 Specimens of British leaf-fungi*, collected and arranged. London 1870 (Hedwigia 9(11): 165-166. Nov 1870) *Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 357, 2: 137; LS 5570. - Candolle, Phytographie 404-405. 1880. - Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 71. 1970. - Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr. coll. New York Bot. Gard. 123-124. 1973 (corr.) - Hawksworth, Mycologist's handb. 181. 1974. ##### n.1199. A fernbook for everybody **Title** *A fernbook for everybody*. Containing all the british ferns. With the foreign species suitable for a fernery. London (Frederick Warne and Co.), New York s.d. \[1867\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fernbook*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jan-Aug 1867 (Hedwigia 6: 143. Sep? 1867) p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-124, *pl. 1-12. Copies*: HU, MO, UC. *Reissue*: London and New York (Frederick Warne and Co.) Jan-Mai 1889 (Nat. Nov. Jun 1889) Oct., p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-124. *pl. 1-12. Copy*: UC. *Ref*.: BM 1: 378; Jackson p. 240; Kew 1: 609; PR 1859; IDC 7176. ##### n.1200. Handbook of British fungi **Title** *Handbook of British fungi*, with full descriptions of all the species, and illustrations of the genera. London (Macmillan and Co.) 1871, 2 vols. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Brit. fung.* **Notes** *Ed. 1, vol. 1* (*1*) p. \[1\]-376. 1870;. (1): p. 377-488, frontisp., t.p. \[1\], Jan-Mar 1871. In all p. \[i\], \[1\]-488, 1 tab., 198 text ill. *Copies*: BR, U. *vol. 2*: p. \[i-iv\], \[i\], 489-981. Aug-Sep 1871 (preface Jul 1871, Flora 7 Oct 1871; Hedwigia Oct 1871, see also 11: 21-22. 1872) *Copies*: BR, U. *Ed. 2*: issued as a supplement to Grevillea ("second and revised edition"), London 1883 \[-1891\].Oct. |part |pages |dates | |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[1\]-16 |Dec 1883 | | |17-80 |1884 | | |81-112 |Jan-Apr 1885 | |2 |113-176 |1886 | | |177-224 |Jan-Sep 1887| |3 |225-288 |1888| | |289-344 |Jan-Feb 1889| |4 |345-384 |1890| | |385-398 |Jan-Feb 1891| *Copies*: BR, MICH, NY, Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 1: 378; Jackson p. 244; Kew 1: 609; LS 5583. ##### n.1201. Fungi **Title** *Fungi*: their nature, influence, and uses by M. C. Cooke, M.A., L.L.D. edited by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. London (Henry S. King & Co.) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fungi*. **Notes** *Editor*: Rev. Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803-1889). *Ed. 1: London* issue, Jan-Mar 1875, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-299. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 1: New York* issue, 1875, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-299. *Copies*: NY, Stevenson. Fungi: their nature and uses by M. C. Cooke... edited by the Rev. M.J. Berkeley... New York (D. Appleton and Company) 1875. Duod. – Both issues were part of the "International scientific series." \[*Ed. 2*:\] New York (D. Appleton and Company) 1877. Duod., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-299. *Copies*: MO, NY. \[*Ed. 3*:\] New York (id.) 1883. Duod., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-299. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 4*: London (Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.) 1888, Oct., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-299. *Copy*: Stevenson. *Ed. 5*: London (id.) 1894, Oct., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-299. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 6*: London (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.) 1906, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-299. *Copy*: Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 1: 378. ##### n.1202. Les champlgnons **Title** *Les champlgnons* par M. C. Cooke sous la direction de M.J. Berkeley. Paris (Germer Baillière) 1875. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Champlgnons*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803-1889). *Ed. 1*: 1875 (pref. 23 Nov 1874), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-274, \[1, cont.\] 109 ill. *Copy*: BR. -Bibliothèque scientifique internationale. *Ed. 2*: 1878, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-274, \[1, cont.\] *Copy*: BR. – Reissued 1881. *Ref*.: LS 5610. ##### n.1203. Mycographia **Title** *Mycographia*, seu icones fungorum. Figures of fungi from all parts of the world, drawn and illustrated by M. C. Cooke... Vol. I. Discomycetes. London (Williams and Norgate), Edinburgh (id.), Leipzig (A. Durr), New York (Westermann & Co.) \[1875-\] 1879. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mycographia*. **Notes** |part |pages |*plates* |dates covers |Hedwigia| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-44 |1-20 |Oct 1875 |15: 16. Jan 1876| |2 |45-90 |21-40 |Apr 1876 |15: 95. Jun 1876| |3 |91-136 |41-60 |Oct 1876 |15: 191. Dec 1876| |4 |137-178 |61-80 |Apr 1877 |16: 111. Jul 1877| | | | | |16: 142-144, 147-154. 1877| |5 |179-214 |81-100 |Jan 1878 |17: 53-55. Apr 1878| |6 |215-267, \[i-iii\] |101-113 |Feb 1879 |Nat. Nov. Mar 1879| The 113 coloured lithographs contain nos. 1-406. *Copies*: MICH, NY, (with annotations on dates by JHB), Stevenson (orig. covers). *Ref*.: BM 1: 378; Jackson p. 165; Kew 1: 609; LS 5607; NI 397. ##### n.1204. Contributions to mycologia britannica **Title** *Contributions to mycologia britannica*. The myxomycetes of Great Britain. Arranged according to the method of Rostafinski. The characters of all the orders, families and genera, with descriptions of the British species, and original analytical tables, translated from the Polish by M. C. Cooke. Illustrated by twenty-four plates. London (Williams and Norgate), Edinburgh (id.) 1877. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. mycol. brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Jul 1877 (Flora Sep 1877, Hedwigia Aug 1877), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-96, *pl. 1-24*, uncol. lith. *Copies*: BR, Stevenson (2). *Ref*.: BM 1: 378; Jackson p. 244; Kew 1: 610; LS 5633. ##### n.1205. The myxomycetes of the United States **Title** *The myxomycetes of the United States*, arranged according to the method of Rostafinski \[New York 1877\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Myxomyc. U.S.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1877, p. \[i\], 378-409. *Copy* reprint: Stevenson. – Ann. Lyceum nat. Hist. New York 11(12): 378-409. Jun 1877. ##### n.1206. Clavis synoptica hymenomycetum europaeorum **Title** *Clavis synoptica hymenomycetum europaeorum*. Conjunctis studiis scripserunt M. C. Cooke... et L. Quélet... London (Hardwicke & Bogue), Paris (Baillière & fils), Berlin (Friedländer & Sohn), Wien (Carl Gerold's Sohn), Milano (U. Hoepli), New York (Scribner, Welford & Co.) 1878. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Clav. syn. hymenomyc. eur.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Lucien Quélet (1832-1899). *Publ*.: 1878 (J. Bot. Oct 1878; Nat. Nov. Jan 1879), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-240. *Copies*: BR, MICH, MO. *Ref*.: BM 1: 379; Jackson p. 229; Kew 1: 610; LS 5848. ##### n.1207. Illustrations of British fungi **Title** *Illustrations of British fungi* (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an Atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi." London (Williams and Norgate) 1881-1891. 8 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ill. Brit. fung.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1198 coloured lithographs, of drawings by the author, in eight volumes. The plates are numbered in the order in which they were Published; they were assigned new numbers in the systematic indexes accompanying the volumes. The new numbers are given to provide a systematic arrangement. Copies occur bound in the primary numerical order of Publication (plate numbers) but also in the secondary systematic order. Corresponding tables of the two numberings are given by Pearson (1935). The plates illustrated the author's text Published as *Handbook of British fungi* 1871. Later instalments were covered by letterpress sections in Grevillea. |nos. |*plates* |date |date Hedw. |date Nat. Nov.| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |20 |1881 |Aug 81 |Feb 1881| |2 |16 |1881 | |Jul 1881| |3 |17 |1881| |4 |16 |1881 |Oct 81 |Nov 1881| |5 |16 |1881 |Dec 81 |Nov 1881| |6 |16 |1882 |Feb 82 |Feb 1882| |7 |17 |1882 |Mar 82 |Apr 1882| |8 |117-132 |1882 |Jul 82 |Jun 1882| |9 |133-148 |1882 |Jul 82 |Jul 1882| |10 |149-164 |1882 |Sep 82 |Sep 1882| |11 |165-180 |1882 |Nov 82 |Nov 1882| |12 |181-196 |1882 |Nov 82 |Dec 1882| |13 |197-212 |1882 |Feb 83 |Feb 1883| |14 |213-228 |1883 sic |Mai 83 |Feb 1883| |15 |229-244 |1883 |Mai 83 |Apr 1883| |16 |245-260 |1883 | |Mai 1883| |17 |261-276 |1883 |Jun 83 |Jun 1883| |18 |277-292 |1883 |Sep 83 |Sep 1883| | |index 20 p. |1883 | |Sep 1883| |19 |293-308 |1883 |Dec 83 |Dec 1883| |20/21 |309-340 |1884 |Jan 84 |Feb 1884| |22 |341-356 |1884 |Apr 84 |Apr 1884| |23 |357-372 |1884 |Jun 84 |Mai 1884| |24 |373-388 |1884 |Jul 84 |Jun 1884| |25 |389-404 |1884 |Jul 84 |Jul 1884| |26 |405-420 |1884 |Sep 84 |Sep 1884| |27 |421-436 |1884 |Dec 84 |Dec 1884| |28 |437-452 |1884 |Jan-Feb 85 |Jan 1885| |29/30 |453-484 |1885 |Mar-Apr 85 |Mar 1885| |31 |485-500 |1885 |Mar-Apr 85 |Apr 1885| |32 |501-516 |1885 |Jul-Aug 85 |Jun 1885| |33/34 |517-548 |1885 |Sep-Oct 85 |Sep 1885| |35 |549-564 |1885 |Nov-Dec 85 |Nov 1885| |36 |565-580 |1885 |Nov-Dec 85 |Nov 1885| |37 |581-596 |1885 |Jan-Feb 86 |Jan 1886| |38 |597-612 |1886 |Jan-Feb 86 |Feb 1886| |39 |613-622 |1886 |Mar-Jun 86 |Mar 1886| | |syst. ind. p. 1-16, 2 t.p.'s |1886 | |Mar 1886| |40 |623-638 |1886 |Jul-Aug 86 |Apr 1886| |41 |639-654 |1886 |Jul-Aug 86 |Jun 1886| |42 |655-670 |1886 |Jul-Aug 86 |Jul 1886| |43 |671-686 |1886 |Sep-Oct 86 |Aug 1886| |44 |687-702 |1886 |Nov-Dec 86 |Nov 1886| |45 |703-718 |1886 | |Jan 1887| |46 |719-734 |1887 | |Mar 1887| |47 |735-750 |1887 | |Apr 1887| |48 |751-766 |1887 | |Mai 1887| |49 |767-782 |1887 | |Aug 1887| |50 |783-798 |1887 | |Aug 1887| |51 |799-814 |1887 | |Sep 1887| |52 |815-830 |1887 | |Oct 1887| |53 |831-846 |1887 | |Nov 1887| |54 |847-862 |1887 | |Dec 1887| |55 |863-878 |1887 | |Jan 1888| |56 |879-894 |1887 | |Feb 1888| |57 |895-910 |1888 | |Mar 1888| |58 |911-926 |1888 | |Apr 1888| |59 |927-938 |1888 | |Mai 1888| | |syst. ind. p. 1-13, t.p.'s vols. 5, 6 | | |Mai 1888| |60 |939-954 |1888 | |Jun 1888| |61 |955-970 |1888 | |Jul 1888| |62 |971-986 |1888 | |Jul 1888| |63 |987-1002 |1888 | |Aug 1888| |64 |1003-1018 |1888 | |Sep 1888| |65 |1019-1034 |1888 | |Oct 1888| |66/67 |1035-1066 |1888 | |Jan 1889| |68 |1067-1082 |1889 | |Apr 1889| |69 |1083-1098 |1889 | |Jun 1889| |70 |1099-1114 |1889 | |Aug 1889| |71 |1115-1130 |1889 | |Oct 1889| |72 |1131-1146 |1890 | |Mar 1890| |73 |1147-1158 |1890 | |Mai 1890| |74 |1159-1174 |1890 | |Jul 1890| |75 |1175-1190 |1891 | |Mar 1891| |75 |1191-1198 |1891 | |Apr 1891| | |index 20 p., t.p. vol. 8| Copy: U. |vol. |pages |*plates* |t.p.| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i\], \[1\]-4 |1-162 |1881-1883. P. 4: Jul 1883| |2 |\[i-iii\], \[5\]-20 |163-292 |1881-1883| |3 |\[i-iii\], |293-468 |1884-1886| |4 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-16 |469-622 |1884-1886| |5 |\[i-iii\], |623-763 |1886-1888| |6 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-13, \[14, instr. bind.\] |764-938 |1886-1888| |7 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-10 |971-1146 \[971-1014 renumbered in pencil 922-969\] |1888-1890| |8 |\[i-iii\], \[1\]-20 |639-654, 929, 939-948, 950-970, 1147, 1151-1198 |1889-1891| *Ref*.: BM 1: 378; Kew 1: 610; LS 5697; NI 395. - Phillips, J. Bot. 24: 252-254. 1886. - Plowright, Trans. Brit, mycol. Soc. 1: 37-46. 1899. - Boudier, Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 2: 150-157. 1907. - Pearson, Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 1935. ##### n.1208. British fresh-water algae **Title** *British fresh-water algae*. Exclusive of Desmideae and Diatomaceae. London (Williams and Norgate), Edinburgh (id.), Leipzig (F. A. Brockhaus), New York (Westermann & Co.) 1882-1884, text, atlas. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. fresh-water alg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: In 10 parts between 1882-1884, text vol.: p. \[i\*-iii\* or v\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-329; vol. 2. *plates*: \[i-iii\], *pl. 1-130*, col. liths. by the author ("meist schlechte Kopien nach Rabenhorst und anderen Autoren" NI). |part |pages |*plates* |subject |Nat. Nov.| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-28 |1-11 |Palmellaceae |Feb 1882| |2 |29-74 |12-28 |Protoc., Volv. |Mai 1882| |3 |75-110 |29-44 |Zygnemac. |Sep 1882| |4 |111-146 |45-56 |Vauch., Ulv., Conf. |Mar 1883| |5 |147-178 |57-68 |Oedogoniac. |Jun 1883| |6 |179-198 |69-80 |Ulot., Chaeto. |Nov 1883| |7 |199-234 |81-92 |Chrooc., Nostoc. |Mar 1884| |8 |235-264 |93-104 |Nostoc., Lyngb. |Mai 1884| |9 |265-280 |105-116 |Scyton., Calotr. |Aug 1884| |10 |281-329 |117-130 |Rhodophyc. |Nov 1884| *Copies*: BR, FH, PCS. – Supplement: *British desmids*, see next entry. *Ref*.: BM 1: 379; Kew 1: 610; NI 393; IDC 6349, 6350. ##### n.1209. British desmids **Title** *British desmids*. A supplement to British fresh-water Algae. With 66 coloured plates. London (Williams and Norgate), Edinburgh (id.), Leipzig (F. A. Brockhaus), New York (Westermann & Co.) \[1886-\]1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. desm.* **Notes** |part |pages |*plates* |dates on covers |Nat. Nov.| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[1\]-16 |1-8 |Jul 1886 |Jul 1886| |2 |17-32 |9-16 |Aug 1886 |Aug 1886| |3 |33-48 |17-24 |Sep 1886 |Sep 1886| |4 |49-64 |25-32 |Oct 1886 |Oct 1886| |5 |65-80 |33-40 |Nov 1886 |Dec 1886| |6 |81-96 |41-48 |Dec 1886 |Jan 1887| |7 |97-112 |49-56 |Jan 1887 |Feb 1887| |8 |113-144 |57-60 |Feb 1887 |Mar 1887| |9 |145-176 |61-64 |Mar 1887 |Mai 1887| |10 |177-205 |65-66 |Mai 1887 |Jun 1887| | |t.p., \[i\]-xiv| *Copies*: BR, PCS (orig. covers). – p. xiv: May 1887. The plates are coloured lithographs, taken from various, unacknowledged, authors (Nordstedt 1887). *Ref*.: BM 1: 379; Kew 1: 610. - Anon., Bot. Gaz. 12: 282. 1887. - Nordstedt, J. Bot. 25: 355-358. 1887. ##### n.1210. Introduction to fresh-water algae **Title** *Introduction to fresh-water algae* with an enumeration of all the British species... with thirteen plates illustrating all the genera. London (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.) 1890. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Introd. fresh-water alg.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jan-Jun 1890 (Nat. Nov. Jul 1890), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii, cont.\], \[1\]-339, *pl. 1-13*. – International scientific series, vol. 69. *Copies*: MICH, NY, PCS, USDA. The plates are unsigned, uncoloured liths. – "Phycologists live in perilous times when Cooke's "British fresh-water algae" marks an epoch..." "the author... deserves the highest credit for his good intentions." (G.M., 1890). *Ed. 2*: "second impression," London (id.) 1902, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii, cont.\], \[1\]-339, *pl. 1-13. Copy*: Library of Congress. *Ref*.: BM 1: 379; Kew 1: 610. - G.M., J. Bot. 28: 250-252. Aug 1890 \[author: George Murray\]. ##### n.1211. British edible fungi **Title** *British edible fungi* how to distinguish and how to cook them with coloured figures of upwards of forty species. London (Kegan Paul, French, Trübner & Co. Ltd.) 1891. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. edible fung.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jan-Sep 1891 (Nat. Nov. Oct 1891), p. \[1\]-237, *pl. 1-12*, col. liths. *Copies*: BR, MICH, NY, Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 1: 379; Kew 1: 610; LS 5785. - Murray, J. Bot. 29: 378-380. 1891. ##### n.1212. Handbook of Australian fungi **Title** *Handbook of Australian fungi*... with thirty-six plates Published under the authority of the several governments of the Australian colonies. London (Williams and Norgate) 1892. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Austral. fungi*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Mai 1892 (Nat. Nov. Jun 1892), p. \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-457, \[458, err.\], *pl. 1-36* (liths.) *Copy*: Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 6: 230; Kew 1: 610; LS 5787; NI 394m ##### n.1213. Handbook of British hepaticae **Title** *Handbook of British hepaticae* containing descriptions and figures of the indigenous species of Marchantía, Jungermannia, Riccia, and Anthoceros.... with 7 plates and 200 woodcuts. London (W. H. Allen & Co.) 1894. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Brit. hepat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1893, (Nat. Nov. Dec 1893), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-310, *pl. 1-7*, uncoloured liths., text figs nos. *1-201. Copy*: NY. *Reissue*: Edinburgh (John Grant) 1907, p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-310, *pl. 1-7* (uncol. lith.) text figs. nos. *1-201. Copies*: MICH, NY. – Unchanged. *Ref*.: BM 1: 379; Jackson p. 242; Kew 1: 610. - A.G., J. Bot. 32: 54-58. 1894. ##### n.1214. Introduction to the study of fungi **Title** *Introduction to the study of fungi*, their organography, classification, and distribution for the use of collectors. London (Adam and Charles Black) 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Introd. stud. fung.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1895 (Nat. Nov. Dec 1895), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-360, 148 text figs. *Copies*: BR, Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 1: 379; Kew 1: 610; LS 5799. - Percival, J. Bot. 34: 186-188. Apr 1896. ##### n.1215. Catalogue and field-book of British basidiomycetes **Title** *Catalogue and field-book of British basidiomycetes* up to and inclusive of the year 1908, by M. C. Cooke... in a convenient pocket size and form, with blank page opposite to each, and space for additions at the end of each genus. Large post oblong 8vo. (10 1/4 in. × × 4 in.) 98 pp. with alphabetical index to genera. Price 2/6 nett. Issued as a protest against a recently Published alteration of the nomenclature attached to each species, and in restoration of the system adopted by Professor Saccardo, in his "Sylloge Fungorum," now universally accepted. \[London 1909\]. Oblong Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. field-book Brit. basidiomyc.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909 (Nat. Nov. Jan 1910, as "London 1909"), pages unnumbered. *Copy*: Stevenson. *Ref*.: BM 6: 230.