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### Author
Mason, Francis Archibald (1878-1936), British professional chemist and naturalist; director of the biological laboratories of Murphy and Co., Headingley, Leeds.
**Abbreviated name**: *F. Mason* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.A.Mason*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Desmond p. 425.
- Blackwell, E. M., Naturalist 877: 64. 1961 (brief biogr.).
- Dallman, A. A., ed., N. W. Natural. 11: 58. 1936 (obit., d. 4 Mar 1936).
- Palmer, H. T., Nova Hedw. 15: 149-150. 1968 (bibl. Gasteromyc.).
- Pearsall, W. H., Naturalist 953: 133-134. 1936 (obit., portr.).
### Publications
##### n.5585. A catalogue of Yorkshire fungi
**Title**
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union \[.\] *A catalogue of Yorkshire fungi* by the late F. A. Mason, ... completed from the records of the late Alfred Clarke by John Grainger,... London (A. Brown & Sons,...) \[1937\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Yorkshire fung.*
**Notes**
*Author of records*: Alfred Clarke (1848-1925), *editor*: John Grainger (1904-x).
*Publ*.: Sep 1937, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-110. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Lists of names for each vice-county. See also his Yorkshire Basidiomycetes, Naturalist 1928: 305-310.