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### Author
Curtis, Moses Ashley (1808-1872), American mycologist in the Carolinas.
**Abbreviated name**: *M. A. Curtis* \[standard form in IPNI: *M.A.Curtis*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection FH|FH]], also material at [[Collection BRU|BRU]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MAINE|MAINE]], [[Collection NEB|NEB]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Correspondence with Torrey at [[Collection NY|NY]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 357, 2: 148.
- Day, Rhodora 3: 242. 1901.
- Martin in Lenley et al., Ind. corr. Torrey 451. 1973.
- Hawksworth, Mycologist's handb. 182. 1974.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 406; BL 2: 204; BM 1: 407; CSP 2: 110, 7: 473; GR p. 186; Kew 1: 664; LS 6460-6469, 31426; ME 1: 176, 3: 559; MW p. 88; PR p. 73.
- Gray, Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 5: 391-393. 1873, Sci. papers 2: 351-353. 1889.
- Wood, J. Elisha Mitchell scientific Soc. 2: 9-31. 1885 (portr.)
- Dudley, J. mycol. 2: 54-59. 1886 (bibl.)
- Youmans, Pop. Sci. Monthly 34: 405-410. 1859.
- Lawson Scribner, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 20: 321-324. 1893.
- Shear and Stevens, Mycologia 11(4): 181-201. 1919 (bibl.)
- Stevens, Sci. Monthly 1919: 157-166.
- Rodgers, John Torrey 339. 1962.
- Powell, Moses Ashley Curtis 1808-1872. Chapel Hill 1958, 20 p. (portr.)
- Humphrey, Makers N. Amer. Bot. 64-66. 1961.
#### Eponymy
For eponyms based on the name Curtis, cf. infra, sub W. Curtis.