> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 181](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068423) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3896-1) LSID 3896-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237341) QID Q3237341 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hesler, Lexemuel Ray (1888-1977), American mycologist, born in Indiana, graduate of Wabash College, phytopathologist at Cornell University 1912-1919, at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 1919-x. **Abbreviated name**: *Hesler* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hesler*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TENN|TENN]]; further material at [[Collection IAC|IAC]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]] and [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Note The authors met Dr. Hesler, full of activity, Nov 1976 during a visit to Knoxville, Tenn. He kindly made available to us a copy of his unpublished "North American mycologists" (1975), a manuscript quoted many times in TL-2. *Copies*: MICH, TENN, FAS. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 167; Bossert p. 173; Hirsch p. 121; IH 2: 272; Kew 2: 662; LS suppl. 11451-11458; Roon p. 51; Stevenson p. 1245. - Anon., Amer. Men Sci. eds. 3, 4, 5 (fide Barnhart). - Murrill, W. A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 36. 1945. - Peterson, R. H., Mycologia 70: 757-765. 1978 (portr., bibl.). - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 33. 1963. - Sharp, A., McIlvainea 2: 19-22. 1975 (portr.). - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 15: 40-41. 1966 (on Hesler and Smith, Crepidotus, 1965).