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### Author
Mains, Edwin Butterworth (1890-1968), American mycologist; Ph. D. Univ. Mich. 1916; at Purdue University 1916-1930; from 1930 professor of botany and from 1931 director of the herbarium of the University of Michigan; retired 1960.
**Abbreviated name**: *Mains* \[standard form in IPNI: *Mains*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Main collections of fungi at [[Collection MICH|MICH]]; further material e.g. at [[Collection PUR|PUR]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 438; Hawksworth p. 184; Hirsch p. 186-187; IH 1(ed. 6): 361, 2: 493; Kew 3: 566; LS suppl. 17001-17033; Kelly p. 139; MW suppl. p. 215; NAF 7(15): 1078; PH 209, 437; Roon p. 73; Stevenson p. 1250; TL-2/1: 781.
- Hesler, L. R., Biogr. sketches N. Amer, mycol. 1975, mss.
- Mains, E. B., *in* W. A. Donelly et al., Univ. Mich, encycl. surv. 1450, 1451. 1956.
- Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 67. 1955.
- Rogers, D. P., Brief hist. mycol. N. America 36. 1977.
- Rogerson, C. T., Mycologia index 960. 1968.
- Smith, A. H., Mycologia 61: 449-451. 1969 (portr.), (b. 31 Mar 1890; d. 23 Sep 1968).
#### Composite works
Co-author with F. D. Kern et al. of J. C. Arthur (ed. and part author), *The plant rusts*, New York 1929.
#### Eponymy
*Mainsia* H. S.Jackson (1931).