> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 612](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190083) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/25403-1) LSID 25403-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4394281) QID Q4394281 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rea, Carleton (1861-1946), British barrister and mycologist at Worcester; co-founder, first secretary, and editor of the British mycological Society; educated at Oxford (Magdelen College, grad. 1883), called to the Bar 1881, practicing until 1907, but, thanks to his independent means devoting himself mainly to botany. **Abbreviated name**: *Rea* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rea*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (2000); further fungi at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]]. Drawings of fungi (also by his wife) and mss. at [[Collection BM|BM]]; letters to W.G Farlow and R. Thaxter at [[Collection FH|FH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 286, 326, 346; Barnhart 3: 133; BL 2: 274, 706; BM 8: 1053; Bossert p. 326; CSP 18: 79; Desmond p. 514 (b. 7 Mai 1861, d. Jun 1946); Ewan (ed. 2): 181; GR p. 411; Hawksworth p. 185, 197; IH 1 (ed. 3): 93, 2: (in press); Kelly p. 187-188; Kew 4: 422; LS 21850-21852, 38245-38266; Stevenson p. 1255; Tucker 1: 585. #### Biofile - Ainsworth, G.C., Dict. fungi ed. 6. 502. 1971. - Bisby, G.R., Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. Fifty-year index 20. 1952 (bibl.). - Blackwell, E.M., Naturalist 877: 59. 1961 (portr.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.462, 269.296. 1980. - Hesler, L.R., Biogr. sketch N. Amer. mycol. 1975, mss. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 74. 1957 (herb. at BM \[now at K\]). - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. Notes 75: 1349. 1925 (portr.). - Palmer, J.T., Chron. cat. lit. Brit. Gasterom. 154. 1968. - Ramsbottom, J., Trans. brit. mycol. Soc. 30: 1-14 (work in Society), 180-185 (obit., portr.) 1948. - Richardson, L. & A.A. Pearson, Trans. Worcestersh. Natural. Club 1945/47: 79-81 (obit. notice, portr.). - Verdoorn, F., Biologia 1(3): 12. 1947 (d.). #### Composite works Editor, Trans. Worcestershire Natural. Club 1-10(1). ### Publications ##### n.8714. The botany of Worcestershire **Title** *The botany of Worcestershire* an account of the flowering plants, ferns, mosses, hepatics, lichens fungi, and fresh-water algae, which grow or have grown spontaneously in the county of Worcester with an introduction and a map by John Amphlett,... and Carleton Rea,... with the assistance of many friends the mosses and hepatics contributed by J.E. Bagnali,... with later additions. Birmingham (Cornish Brothers Ltd. ...) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Worcestershire*. **Notes** *Co-author*: John Amphlett (1845-1918); mosses: James Eustace Bagnali (1830-1918), see TL-2/1: 91. *Publ*.: 1909 (Bot. Centralbl. 19 Oct 1909), p. \[i\]-xxxiii, \[1\]-654, map (in pocket). *Copies*: BR, E, G, HH, NY, USDA. ##### n.8715. British basidiomycetae **Title** *British basidiomycetae* a handbook to the larger British fungi... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. basidiomyc*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Aug 1922 (p. \[v\]: 19 Jun 1922; p. \[iv\]: publ. 1 Aug 1922, PH rd. 27 Nov 1922), p. \[i\]-xi, \[xii\], 1-799. *Copies*: BR, DBN, E, FH, G, H, MO, NY, PH, Stevenson, USDA. *Facsimile ed*.: 1968, Bibliotheca mycologia Band 15, Lehre (Verlag von J. Cramer). ISBN 3-7682-0561-4. *Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: Ramsbottom, J., J. Bot. 60: 307-309. Oct 1922 (rev.).