> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 118](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355205) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/22427-1) LSID 22427-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18917275) QID Q18917275 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lister, Arthur (1830-1908), English wine merchant and mycologist living in Bedfordshire, then at Bradford, since 1857 at Leytonstone nr. London; retired from business 1888 and often residing also at Lyme Regis; leading authority on myxomycetes. **Abbreviated name**: *List.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lister*\] #### Herbarium and types Main collection, including slides, at [[Collection BM|BM]]; other material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 234, 321; Barnhart 2: 391; BB p. 189; BM 3: 1154, 7:732; CSP 16: 812; Desmond p. 388; DNB suppl. 2(2): 469; GR p. 377, cat. p. 67; Hawksworth p. 184, 196; IH 2: 450; Kelly p. 130-131; Kew 3: 470; LS 15709-15738, 36156-36162; Moebius p. 75; MW p. 280; NAF 1(1): 163; NI 1217; Stevenson p. 1249. - Ainsworth, G. C, Dict, fungi ed. 6, p. 329. 1971. - Anon., Bot. Jahrb. 431 (Beibl. 98): 57. 1909 (d.); Bot. Centralbl. 108: 480. 1908 (d.); Bot. Not. 1908: 212 (d.); Stratford Express, 25 Jul 1908, repr. at K, 7 p. (portr., b. 17 Apr 1830). - Britten, J. Bot. 46: 303. 1908. - Hawker, L. E., Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 35(3): frontisp. portr. 1952 (accompanying text of 1952 Lister memorial lecture). - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 104. 1970. - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 14: 196. 1901 (d. 19 Jul 1908). - Lister, J. J., Obituary notice of Arthur Lister 1830-1908, xi p., 1915 (Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 88); Proc. Roy. Soc. ser. B. 88: \[i\]-xi. 1915 (obit.). - Lloyd, C. G., Mycol. Notes 58: Mar 1919 (portr.). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM (NH) 163. 1904. - Scott, D. H., J. Bot. 46: 331-334. 1908 (obit.). - Stapf, O., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 121: 46-47. 1909. #### Composite works *Cat. Afr. pl. Welwitsch*, vol. 2(2): 479-480. 1901 (*Mycetozoa*). #### Note The collections made by Joseph (1827-1912) and William Henry Lister are at SRD. Arthur's son Joseph Jackson Lister (1857-1927) also published on Mycetozoa e.g. in the *Encycl. brit. ed. 11.* 19: 105-110. 1911 (see J. Bot. 65: 83. 1927, SK 1: 324-325, Proc. Linn. Soc., London 1926-27: 90-92; Barnhart 2: 391). #### Eponymy *Listerella* E. Jahn (1906); *Listeromyces* Penzig & P. A. Saccardo (1901). ### Publications ##### n.4873. A monograph of the mycetozoa **Title** *A monograph of the mycetozoa* being a descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum. Illustrated with seventy-eight plates and fifty-one woodcuts. London (Printed by order of the Trustees...) 1894. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. mycetozoa*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Dec 1894 (p. \[v\]: Nov 1894; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1894: published; Hedwigia rev. 15 Feb), front., p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-224, *pl. 1-77* (uncol.). *Copies*: BR, G, MICH, MO, NY, Stevenson, U, US, USDA. *Ed. 2*: Dec 1911 (p. \[v\]: Nov 1911; Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1912), front., p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-302, \[1\], *pl. nos. 1-200* (2 nos./pl; partly col.). *Copies*: BR, MICH, MO, NY, Stevenson, US, USDA. – Second edition revised by Guilielma Lister \[1860-1949\]... London (id.) 1911. *Ed. 3*: 27 Mar 1925 (date fide R. Ross in letter to M. L. Farr 18 Sep 1974; p. v: Jan 1925; J. Bot. Jun 1925), front., p. \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-296, *pl. nos. 1-222* (2 nos./pl.; partly col.). *Copies*: BR, G, NY, Stevenson, US, USDA. – "Third edition, revised by Guilielma Lister,... London (id.) 1925". *Reprinted. ed 3*: 1965, by Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, N.Y. 10003. *Copies*: MICH, U. *Ref*.: A. P. M., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 331-334. 1895. - McBride, J. Bot. 33: 118-120. 1895; Bot. Gaz. 20: 183-185. 1895. - Fry, J. Bot. 50: 133-135. Apr 1912. ##### n.4874. Guide to the British mycetozoa **Title** *Guide to the British mycetozoa* exhibited in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History)... \[London\] (Printed by order of the Trustees...) 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Guide Brit. mycetozoa*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: late 1895 (Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1895; rev. J. Bot. Mar 1896; Flora rd. 13 Apr 1896), p. \[1\]-42. *Copies*: BR, L, NY, USDA. *Ed. 2*: Mai-Jun 1905 (p. \[6\]: Apr 1905; J. Bot. Jul 1905), p. \[1\]-48. *Copies*: L, MO, NY. – "Second edition, revised". \[London\] (id.). *Ed. 3*: Mar-Apr 1909 (p. \[6\]: Jan 1909; J. Bot. Apr 1909; Bot. Centralbl. 112: 88. 1909), p. \[3\]-49. *Copies*: MO, USDA. – "Third edition, revised". London (id.). Revised by Gulielma Lister (1860-1949). *Ed. 4*: Jun-Sep 1919 (p. \[4\]: Mai 1919; J. Bot. Oct 1919), p. \[1\]-62. *Copies*: L, USDA. – "Fourth edition" London (id.). Revised by Gulielma Lister. ##### n.4875. Notes on Mycetozoa **Title** *Notes on Mycetozoa*... Reprinted from the Journal of Botany for May, 1898. **Notes** *1898*: May 1898, p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: NY.-Reprinted from J. Bot. 36: 160-161, pl. 386. Mai 1898. *1899*: Apr 1899, p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: NY. – Idem 37: 145-152, *pl. 398.* Apr 1899. *1902*: Jun 1902, J. Bot. 40: 209-213, *pl. 438* Jun 1902. ##### n.4876. Synopsis of the orders, genera, and species of Mycetozoa **Title** *Synopsis of the orders, genera, and species of Mycetozoa*.... Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany", May 1907, Vol. 45. **Notes** *Co-anthor*: Gulielma Lister (1860-1949). *Publ*.: Mai 1907, p. \[1\]-22. *Copy*: NY.– Reprinted from J. Bot. 45: 176-197. Mai 1907.