> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 165](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259211) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17887-1) LSID 17887-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21392050) QID Q21392050 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Deigthon, Frederick Claude (1903-1992), British mycologist and plant pathologist, born at London, 14 Feb 1903, appointed mycologist, lands and forests department, often working in Sierra Leone and Gold Coast 1926-1955, also with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Commonwealth mycological institute, ib. **Abbreviated name**: *Deigthon* \[standard form in IPNI: *Deighton*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (3020), further material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection IMI|IMI]] (2000), [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection PUR|PUR]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 435; BL 2: 259, 646; IH 2: 156; Kew 2: 46; LS suppl. 6273-6277; Roon p. 33. #### Biofile - Anon., Kew Bull. 1929(7): 299. 11 Aug 1929 (appt. mycologist at Sierra Leone). - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 97. 1972. ### Publications ##### n.29.577. fungi **Title** Preliminary list of *fungi* and *diseases* of *plants* in *Sierra Leone* and list of fungi collected in Sierra Leone... Reprinted from Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information... 1936. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 2 Nov 1936 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-37. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Kew Bull. 1936(7): 397-424. 1936.