> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 293](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259797) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123682336) QID Q123682336 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Folsom, Donald (1891-1973), American botanist (phytopathologist), born 23 Oct 1891 in Henderson, Iowa, B.A. 1912 Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, M.A. 1914 and Ph.D. 1917 Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, asst. in botany, Univ. of Minnesota, instructor in botany and plant pathology, North Carolina State College (now Univ.), Raleigh 1917-1918, asst. plant pathologist, Orono, Maine 1918-1920, then assoc. 1920-1923 and chief plant pathologist from 1923, died 17 Nov 1973. **Abbreviated name**: *D. Folsom* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OKLA|OKLA]], [[Collection WTU|WTU]]. – A few letters in [[Collection GH|GH]] (Archives). #### Bibliography and biography Amer. Men Sci. ed. 9, 2: 359; Barnhart 1: 554; Bossert p. 129; Hirsch p. 86; IH 2: 201, 699; LS suppl. 8634-8639; Portr. 3: 437; RUS 1: 99, 2: 161, 3: 232, 4: 233. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 469. 1931. - Hilborn, M.T. & G.A. McIntyre, 1974. Phytopathology 64: 575. (portr.) ### Publications ##### n.34.971. morphology **Title** Studies in the *morphology* of *Yucca glauca*... From Minnesota Botanical Studies ... 1916. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Aug 1916 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[427\]-435, *pl. 43-46* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: L, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Minnesota Bot. Stud. 4(4): 427-435, *pl. 43-46.* 1916. ##### n.34.972. influence **Title** The *influence* of certain *environmental conditions*, especially water supply, *upon* form and structure in *Ranunculus*... Baltimore (Williams & Wilkins Co.) 1918. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1918 (issue date on cover-t.p., Nov 1918 date on p. 209), cover-t.p., p. \[209\]-276. *Copies*: LC (n.v.), NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Physiol. Res. 2(5): 209-276. 1918. *Note*: This was Folsom's Ph.D. thesis at the Univ. of Minnesota.