> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 144](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265341) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/16060-1) LSID 16060-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5394922) QID Q5394922 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bessey, Ernst Athearn (1877-1957), American botanist, mainly mycologist, son of C.E. Bessey, educated at Lincoln, Nebraska, graduated from high school June 1892, studied at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln 1892-1904, A.B. 1896, B.Sc. 1897, M.A. 1898, studied at the University of Halle with G.A. Klebs 1902-1904, Ph.D. Halle 1904, part-time (later full-time) agricultural explorer for U.S.D.A in Russia, the Caucasus, Turkestan, and Algeria 1899-1902, at U.S.D.A Washington D.C. 1906-1908, professor of botany at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 1908-1910, from 1910-1946 at Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, professor of botany, visiting professor of botany University of Hawaii 1939-1940, professor emeritus East Lansing 1946-1957. **Abbreviated name**: *E.A. Bessey* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.A.Bessey*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MSC|MSC]]. – Further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MONT|MONT]], [[Collection MONTU|MONTU]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 329; Barnhart 1: 178 (b. 20 Feb 1877, d. 17 Jul 1957); CSP 13: 516; Ewan ed. 1: 163, 295, ed. 2: 18; GR p. 204; IH 2: 72, 802; Kew 1: 236; LS 2931-2934, 31.132; LS suppl. 2572-2584; NW p. 40; Stevenson p. 1236; TL-2/see indexes; Tucker 1: 82; Urban-Berl. p. 329. #### Biofile - Barnett, H.L., Mycologia 50(1): 1-5. 1958 (obit., portr., selected list of publ.). - Beeskow, H.C., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 71: 46-47. 1958 (obit., portr.). - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 378. 1938 (dir. Beal Bot. Gard. East Lansing). - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 18, 23, 30, 35, 45. 1981. #### Composite works - (1) *Vegetationsbilder aus Russisch-Turkestan*, *in* G. Karsten and H. Schenck, *Vegetationsbilder* ser. 3. 2, 6 p. text, *6 pl*. ### Publications ##### n.21.217. Über die Bedingungen der Farbbildung bei Fusarium **Title** *Über die Bedingungen der Farbbildung bei Fusarium*. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der hohen philosophischen Fakultät der kgl. Preussischen vereinigten Friedrichs-Universität Halle-Wittenberg... Halle a.S. (Druck von Val. Höfling,...) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Beding. Farbbild. Fusarium*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1-10 Aug 1904 (preprint; journal issue 20 Aug 1904), cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.; iii dedic.\], \[301\]-334, \[335, vita\]. *Copies*: B, L. – Preprinted from Flora 93(4): 301-334. 1904. ##### n.21.218. The Florida strangling figs **Title** *The Florida strangling figs*... Printed in advance from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden... 1908. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Florida strangl. figs*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Mar 1908 (date on cover-t.p., "printed in advance"), cover-t.p., p. 25-33, *pl. 1-9 *(uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, BKL. – Preprinted from Ann. Missouri bot. Gard. 19: 25-33, *pl. 1-9.* 1908. ##### n.21.219. The phylogeny of the grasses **Title** *The phylogeny of the grasses*... 19th. Mich. Acad. Rept. 1917. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1917, p. \[239\]-245. *Copy*: B (photocopy). – Reprinted and to be cited from Michigan Acad. Rep. 19: 239-245. 1917. ##### n.21.220. A text-book of mycology **Title** *A text-book of mycology*... Philadelphia (P. Blakiston's Son & Co.,...) \[1935\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Text-book mycol.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1935 (copyright date on p. \[iv\]; Hedwigia 30 Mar 1936), p. \[i\]-xv, 1-495. *Copy*: U.