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### 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.