> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 546](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120677) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17426-1) LSID 17426-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q624998) QID Q624998 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Corda, August Karl Joseph (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Corda, August Karl Joseph (1809-1849), Czech mycologist and traveller. **Abbreviated name**: *Corda* \[standard form in IPNI: *Corda*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PR|PR]], [[Collection PRM|PRM]], and [[Collection PRC|PRC]]. – [[Collection PRC|PRC]] also possesses many of Corda's original drawings. *Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 357, 2: 139. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 380; BM 1: 383, 5: 2043; Bossert p. 83; CSP 2: 48-49, 6: 62; GR p. 431, 664; IF p. 691; Jackson p. 534 \[index\]; Kew 1: 616; LS 5867-5883, 32268; NI 401-403; PR 1866-1876; Quenstedt p. 90; Wurzbach 2: 442-443. - Anon., Flora 33: 623. 21 Oct 1850. - Weitenweber, Abh. kön. böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5. 7: 57-94. 1852 (bibl.); Živa 2: 175-178. 1854; Lotos, Prag, 5: 18-22. 1854. - Zobel in Corda, Icon. fung. 6: ix-xviii. 1854 (bibl.). - Anon., Bonplandia 6: 334. 1858. - Ward, Ann. Rep. U.S. geol. Surv. 5: 374, 417-418, 412, 1885. - Frič, Vesmir 21: 277-278. 1892. - Kübler, Jb. deut. Gebirgsver. Ilschkengeb. Isergeb. 12: 47-58. 1902. - Maiwald, Gesch. Bot. Böhmen 195-200. 1904. - Lloyd, Mycol. Notes 1333, pl. 314. 1925 (portr.). - Lütjeharms, Gesch. Mykol. xviii. Jahrb. 1, 8, 126, 134, 233. 1936. - John, Živa, Praha 45: 201-203. 1959. - Němec, Česká Mykol. 14: 3-6. 1960. - Prantl, Čas. Nár. Mus. odd. prír. 129: 17-21. 1960. #### Composite works J. Sturm, *Deutschlands Flora*, Abth. 3, Hefte 6, 9, 11-15, 19, 20, *Die pilze Deutschlands*, 1829-1841; Abth. 2, Hefte 18, 21, 25, *Cryptogamie*, 1829-1833; Abth. 2, Hefte 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, *Deutschlands Jungermannien*; Abth. 2, Hefte 30, 31, *Deutschlands Algen*, 1839. #### Eponymy *Cordaea* C. G. D. Nees (1833); *Cordana* Preuss (1851). ### Publications ##### n.1220. Monographia Rhizospermarum et Hepaticorum **Title** *Monographia Rhizospermarum et Hepaticorum*... Die Wurzelfarren und Lebermoose nach ihren Gattungen und Arten, organographisch-phytotomisch bearbeitet von Aug. J. Corda. I. Heft. Prag (Sommer) 1829. Qu. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Rhizosperm. Hepat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Oct 1829 (p. vi: Jul 1829; Flora 14 Nov), p. \[i\]-vi, \[7\]-16, *pl. 1-6*, uncol. liths by Corda. *Copies*: BR, US, USDA. *Reissue*: 1830, Prag (Kronberger und Weber) (new cover only). *Copy*: US. *Ref*.: BM 1: 383; IF p. 691; Kew 1: 616; PR 1866. - Proskauer, Bryologist 65: 227. 1962. ##### n.1221. Genera hepaticarum **Title** *Genera hepaticarum*. Die Gattungen der Lebermoose, *in* Opiz, *Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte* 12: 643 \[sic, nec 645\]-655. 1829. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gen. hepat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1829 (fide Zobel 1554). – Facsimile reproduction by Verdoorn in *Annales bryologici* 10: 9-15. 1938. – The *Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte* were a continuation of Opiz's *Naturalientausch*. Corda prepared numerous illustrations for this Publication. However, these were never Published because Corda could not find a Publisher for them. The present location of these drawings is unknown. Zobel (1854) speaks of pictures of "hundreds" of microscopical analyses. *Ref*.: Jackson p. 154; PR 1867. - Zobel, *in* Corda, Icon. fung. 6: xv. 1854. - Proskauer, Bryologist 65: 227-228. 1962. ##### n.1222. Ueber den Bau des Pflanzenstammes **Title** *Ueber den Bau des Pflanzenstammes*. Prag (Kronberger und Weber) 1836. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bau Pflanzenstamm.* **Notes** *Publ*.: before 14 Sep 1836 (Flora; PAW 20 Oct 1836), p. \[1\]-35. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted from Weitenweber, Beitr. ges. Natur. Heilwiss. 1(2): 1-35. 1836. Corda wrote this in the winter of 1833 and offered it to the Berlin Academy of Sciences early 1834. The manuscript was accompanied by many illustrations which remained unpublished. They are now at PR. *Ref*.: BM 1: 383; Jackson p. 84; Kew 1: 616; PR 1868. - Anon., Flora 19: 654. 1836. ##### n.1223. Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum **Title** *Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum*... Abbildungen der pilze und Schwaemme. Praha (J. G. Calve) 1837-1854, 6 vols. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Icon. fang.* **Notes** |vol. |pages |*plates* |figures |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i-vii\], \[1\]-32 |1-7 |1-300 |Aug 1837| |2 |\[i-viii\], \[1\]-43, errata slip |8-15 |1-135 |Jul 1838| |3 |\[i-viii\], \[1\]-55 |1-9 |1-137 |Sep-Nov 1839| |4 |\[i-v\], \[1\]-53 |1-10 |1-139 |Sep 1840| |5 |\[i\]-x, \[1\]-92 |1-10 |1-97 |Jun 1842| |6 |\[i\]-xviii, \[1, err.\], \[1\]-91 |1-20 |1-146 |Oct 1854| The plates are uncoloured lithographs by the author. Vol. 6 was published by J. B. Zobel "mit Benützung des literärischen Nachlasses des Verfassers" and with a biography and bibliography of Corda by the editor on p. ix-xviii. *Edition 1*: vols. 1-5, 130 copies printed of which several destroyed by fire. Vol. 6 printed in a larger edition. *Copy*: U. *Friedlander facsimile*, Berlin 1876: facsimile of vols. 1-5, vol. 6 supplied in original ed. (Bot. Zeit. 24 Mar 1876; Hedwigia 15: 80. Mai 1876) (*n.v.*) *Cramer facsimile* Weinheim (Historiae naturalis classica vol. 23) 1963: all 6 volumes in facsimile. Added alphabetical index to the plates. *Copy*: FAS. Pilat provides a key to the species of fungi and the types. – The anonymous reviewer in Gersdorf's Repertorium (34: 69. 1842) states of the preface to vol. 5: "Das Vorwort, mit dem forcirten Humor eines Hypochonders geschrieben, zeigt, dass der Vf. noch zu keiner klaren Weltanschauung gelangt ist." Corda: "Dann bleibt uns noch das schöne gelle Lachen." *Ref*.: BM 1: 383; Jackson p. 163; Kew 1: 616; LS 5874, 5878; NI 402; PR 1873; Zobel 40, 45, 50, 56; IDC 5062. - Junk, Rara 182. 1929. - Pilat, Acta Musei nationalis Pragae 1B: 139-170. 1938 (list of Corda's species, with indication of types in PR). ##### n.1225. Pracht-Flora europäischer Schimmelbildungen **Title** *Pracht-Flora europäischer Schimmelbildungen*.... Mit xxv colorirten Tafeln. Leipzig und Dresden (Gerhard Fleischer) 1839. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Pracht-Fl. eur. Schimmelbild.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1839 (Hinrichs 28 Jul-3 Aug; p. \[viii\]: Feb 1839), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-55, *pl. 1-25*, handcoloured liths of drawings by Corda, *pl. 15* uncoloured. *Copies*: MICH, NY, U, Stevenson. Only 100 copies were printed. Schleiden spoke of a "sinnlos verschwenderische Ausstattung," (Wiss. bot., ed. I. 165-166). A French edition, also of 100 copies, was published in 1840 (Hinrichs 23-29 Aug 1840) (*n.v.*): "Flore illustrée des Mucédinées d'Europe" (Leipzig, Dresden). For modern names see Pilat. Junk thinks that Brockhaus later produced extra copies. *Ref*.: BM 1: 383; Jackson p. 229; LS 5875; NI 403; PR 1874. - Zobel, *in* Corda, Icon. fung. 6: xvii. 1854. - Junk, Rara 183. 1929. - Pilat, Acta Musei nationalis Pragae 1B: 139-170. 1938. ##### n.1226. Anleitung zum Studium der Mykologie **Title** *Anleitung zum Studium der Mykologie*, nebst kritischer Beschreibung aller bekannten Gattungen, und einer kurzen Geschichte der Systematik.... Mit acht Tafeln Abbildungen. Prag (Friedrich Ehrlich) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Anleit. Stud. Mykol.* **Notes** \* No. 1224 has not been used. *Ed. 1*: Aug-Dec 1842 (pref. 1 Aug 1842), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-cxxii, \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-223, \[224, err.\], *pl. A-H*, uncoloured lithographs of drawings by Corda. *Copies*: BR (incompl.), MICH, NY, Stevenson. – Motto: "Zu fragmentisch ist Welt und Leben" H. Heine. The third part of this *Anleitung* is a reprint of part 1 of Icones fungorum, vol. 5, with an additional 25 genera. In all Corda describes 513 genera of fungi. *Ed. 2*: Oct 1854, Prag, see Bot. Zeit. 13: 432 (15 Jun 1855), (n.v.) *Ref*.: BM 1: 383, Kew 1: 616, LS 5876, PR 1875. - Zobel, *in* Corda, Icon. fung. 6: xvii. 1854. ##### n.1227. Beiträge zur Flora der Vorwelt **Title** *Beiträge zur Flora der Vorwelt*.... Mit sechzig Tafeln Abbildungen. Praha (J. G. Calve) 1845. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Beitr. Fl. Vorwelt*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul-Oct 1845 (p. viii: Jul 1845, Hinrichs 6-8 Nov 1845; Gersdorff 5 Dec 1845), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-128, *pl. 1-60*, uncoloured liths. of original coloured drawings by Corda (location unknown). *Copies*: MICH, NY, Teyler (lacks pl. 45). *Reissue*: Berlin 1867 (n.v.), in 8 parts and with a new title-page. *Ref*.: BM 1: 383; HL 1933; NI 401; PR 1876; Zobel 68. - Zobel, *in* Corda, Icon. fung. 6: xviii. 1854.