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### Author
Massee, George Edward (1850-1917), British mycologist at Kew (1893-1915); travelled in South America with Richard Spruce.
**Abbreviated name**: *Massee* \[standard form in IPNI: *Massee*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NY|NY]]; further material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]. Drawings in [[Collection BM|BM]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Ainsworth p. 321, 323, 324, 345; Barnhart 2: 458; BB p. 209; BJI 2: 39; BM 3: 1263, 7: 808-809; Bossert p. 256; CSP 8: 351, 10: 742, 12: 491, 17: 77-78; Desmond p. 426; De Toni 1: lxxxii; GR p. 377, cat. p. 67; Hawksworth p. 184; IH 1 (ed. 6): 361, 2: 512; Kelly p. 143-145; Kew 3: 615-616; Kleppa p. 112; Lenley p. 282; LS 17154-17297, 36649-36715; Moebius p. 114; MW p. 302; NAF 1(1): 165, 9:442, ser. 2. 1: 72; NI 1300-1300n; Rehder 5: 552; Stevenson p. 1250; Tucker 1: 468, 777.
- Ainsworth, G. C, Dict. fungi ed. 6. 345. 1971.
- Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1922: 335-348 (bibl.); Gard. Chron. 61: 91. 1917 (portr.); J. Bot. 55: 120. 1917; J. Kew Guild 2:399. 1908 (portr.), 3: 426. 1917; J. Mycol. 12: opp. p. 185. 1906 (portr.); J. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 92-93. 1917 (d. 17 Feb 1917); Magy. bot. Lap. 15: 312. 1916; Mycologia 9(3): 176. 1917; Nuova Notarisia 29: 55. 1918; Orchid. Rev. 25: 58. 1917; Österr. bot. Z. 67: 48. 1918 (princ. asst. Kew).
- Blackwell, E. M., Naturalist 877: 59-62. 1961 (portr.).
- Cotton, A. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1915: 118-120, 1917: 84-85; Proc. Linn. Soc. 129: 49-51. 1917; Nature 99: 9-10. 1917.
- Druce, G. C, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Br. Isl. 5: 90-91. 1918.
- Hanlin, R. T., Index Grevillea 159. 1978.
- Hawksworth, D. L., & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 121. 1977.
- Hesler, L. R., Biogr. sketches N. Amer. mycol. 1975 (mss).
- Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 44 (pl. K).
- Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 23: 32. 1917 (d. 17 Feb 1917).
- Lloyd, C. G., Mycol. notes 34: 445-446. 1910.
- Merrill, E. D., Enum. Philipp. pl. 4: 204. 1926 (bibl.).
- Murrill, W. A., Hist. found. bot. Florida 29. 1945.
- Oliver, F. W., Makers Brit. bot. 225-232. 1913 (on Berkeley).
- Palmer, J. T., Nova Hedwigia 15: 150. 1968 (bibl. Brit. Gastromyc).
- Ramsbottom, J., J. Bot. 55: 223-227. 1917 (portr.); Trans. brit. mycol. Soc. 5: 182. 1915 (portr.), 5: 469-473. 1917.
- Small, J. K., J. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 178. 1908, 11: 104. 1910 (on herb. at NY).
- Urban I., Symb. ant. 1: 100-101. 1898, 3: 5. 1902.
- Woodward, B.B., *in*G. Murray, Hist. coll. BMNH 1:42. 1904 (drawings offungi; see also p. 167).
#### Composite works
Edited *Grevillea* vols 20 (96)-22, 1892-1894.
#### Eponymy
*Masseea* P. A. Saccardo (1899); *Masseeella* P. Dietel (1895); *Masseeola* O. Kuntze (1891).
### Publications
##### n.5653. A monograph of the British Gastromycetes
**Title**
*A monograph of the British Gastromycetes*... \[Oxford 1889\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Brit. Gastromyc.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1899 (Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1890), p. \[1\]-103, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: L, MO. – Ann. of Bot. 4(13), 1889.
##### n.5654. A monograph of the Thelephoreae
**Title**
*A monograph of the Thelephoreae*. London (sold at Society's apartments...) 1889-1900, 2 parts. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Theleph.*
**Notes**
*Part 1*: 8 Jun 1889 (cover), J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 25: 107-156, *pl. 45-47.* 1889.
*Part 2*: 5 Apr – Mai 1890 (cover; Nat. Nov. Jun (1) 1890), J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 27: 95-112. 5 Apr 1980, 113-205, *pl. 5-7.* 3 Mai 1980.
*Copies*: L, Stevenson, USDA. – To be cited from journal.
##### n.5655. British fungi
**Title**
*British fungi*. Phycomycetes and Ustilagineae. London (L. Reeve & Co.,...) 1891. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Brit. fung.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Sep-Oct 1891 (Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1891; ÖbZ Oct 1891; J. Bot. Dec 1891), p. \[i\]-xv, \[xvi, err.\], \[1\]-232, *pl. 1-8*, uncol. liths. by author. *Copies*: B, BR, NY, Natl. Libr. Scotland, Stevenson, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: 1900 (Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1900), n.v.
*Ed*. \[*3*\]: 1911, see below.
*Ref*.: Cooke, M. C., Grevillea 20(94): 45-48. 1891.
- Murray, G., J. Bot. 29: 378-380. 1891.
##### n.5656. A monograph of the Myxogastres
**Title**
*A monograph of the Myxogastres*... London (Methuen & Co.,...) 1892. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Myxogastr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar 1892 (Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1892; Bot. Centralbl. 29 Mar 1892; J. Bot. Jun 1892; J. de Bot. Jun 1892; Bot. Zeit. 29 Jul 1892; Cooke rd. his copy Jul 1892; Grevillea Jun 1892; p. \[i,iii\], \[1\]-367, pl. 1-12. *Copies*: L, MO, NY, Stevenson, USDA.
*Ref*.: Anon., Grevillea 20: no-113. Jun 1892; Hedwigia 31: 224-225. Sep-Oct 1892.
- Lindau, G., Bot. Centralbl. 51: 331-333. 1892.
- Murray, G., J. Bot. 30: 184-186. 1892.
##### n.5657. British fungus-flora
**Title**
*British fungus-flora*. A classified text-book of mycology... London (George Bell & Sons,...), New York 1892-1895, 4 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Brit. fung.-fl.*
**Notes**
*Vol. 1*: Oct 1892 (Bot. Centralbl. 16 Nov 1892; Grevillea Dec 1892; Hedwigia Mar-Apr 1893; Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1893; J. Bot. Dec 1892; Bot. Gaz. Jan 1893), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-432.
*Vol. 2*: Apr 1893 (Bot. Centralbl. 9 Mai 1893; Grevillea Jun 1893; Hedwigia Mai-Jun 1893; Nat. Nov. Mai(1) 1893; Bot. Gaz. Jun 1893), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-460.
*Vol. 3*: Dec 1893 (Bot. Centralbl. 28 Dec 1893; Hedwigia 15 Apr 1894; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1893), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-512.
*Vol. 4*: Aug 1895 (Bot. Centralbl. 4 Sep 1895; Grevillea Sep-Oct 1895; Hedwigia 19 Oct 1895; Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1894; Bot. Gaz. Sep 1895), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-522.
*Copies*: B, BR, NY, Stevenson, USDA.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 18: 31-32. Jan 1893, 18: 240-241. Jun 1893, 20: 431-432, 508. 1895; Hedwigia 32: 87, 165. 1893.
- Bucknall, J. Bot. 34: 43-45. 1896.
- Cooke, M. C, Grevillea 21: 42-44. Dec 1892.
##### n.5658. European fungus flora
**Title**
*European fungus flora*: Agaricaceae. London (Duckworth & Co.,...) 1902. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Eur. fung. fl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul-Aug 1902 (ÖbZ Aug 1902; Nat. Nov. Sep (1,2) 1902; J. Bot. Oct 1902; Bot. Centralbl. 22 Oct 1902; p.vi: Jun 1902), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[i\]-274. *Copies*: B, L, NY Stevenson, USDA.
*Ref*.: A. L. S., J. Bot. 40: 365-366. 1902.
##### n.5659. The fungus flora of Yorkshire
**Title**
*The fungus flora of Yorkshire*. A complete account of the known fungi of the county... London (A. Brown & Sons, Limited,...) and at Hull and York. \[1902-\] 1905. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fung. fl. Yorkshire*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Charles Crossland (1844-1916).
*Publ*.: in two parts, Nov 1902 and 1905, in Bot. Trans. Yorkshire Natural. Union vol. 4.
*Copies*: MO, NY, Stevenson.
*1*: Nov 1902, l. c. part 28, p. \[5\]-52.
*2*: Jul 1905, I. c. part 32, p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-8, 53-396.
The above title was issued Jul 1905. The Transactions t.p. of 1902 have an imprint Leeds (printed for the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union by Taylor brothers), November 1902.
##### n.5660. Text-book of fungi
**Title**
*Text-book of fungi* including morphology, physiology, pathology, classification, etc. ... London (Duckworth and Co....) 1906. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Text-book fung.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1906 (J. Bot. Dec 1906; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1906), p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-427. *Copies*: B, Stevenson, USDA.
*Re-issue*: 1910, p. \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-427. *Copy*: USDA.
*Ref*.: A. L. S., J. Bot. 44: 431-432. 1906.
##### n.5661. British fungi
**Title**
*British fungi* with a chapter on lichens by George Massee... with forty coloured plates by Ivy Massee. London (George Routledge and sons,...), New York (E. P. Dutton and Co.,...) \[1911\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Brit. fung.*
**Notes**
*Artist*: Ivy Massee (*fl*. 1910), daughter of G. E. Massee.
*Publ*.: Dec 1911 (J. Bot. Dec 1911; Nat. Nov.Jan(1) 1912, Bot. Centralbl. 5 Mar 1912), p. \[i-x\], \[1\]-551, *pl*. *1-40* (col.), *A-B* (uncol.). *Copies*: G, NY, Stevenson, USDA.
Ref.: A. L. S., J. Bot. 49: 370-372. Dec 1911.
##### n.5662. Mildews, rusts and smuts
**Title**
*Mildews, rusts and smuts* a synopsis of the families, Perenosporaceae Erysiphaceae, Uredinaceae and Ustilaginaceae by George Massee... assisted by Ivy Massee with illustrations. London (Dulau and Company, Limited,...) 1913. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Mildews, rusts & smuts*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Ivy Massee (see above).
*Publ*.: Dec 1913 or early 1914 (ÖbZ Oct-Dec 1913 (ann.); J. Bot. Mai 1914; Nat. Nov. Feb(1) 1914; Bot. Centralbl. 31 Mar 1914), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-229, *pl. 1-4*, uncol. liths. and frontisp. *Copies*: NY, Stevenson, USDA.
*Ref*.: Ramsbottom, J., J. Bot. 52: 81-82. 1914, Mycol. Centralbl. 4: 207. 1914.