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### Author
Ricker, Percy Leroy (1878-1973), American botanist; M.S. Univ. Maine 1901; assistant in biology University of Maine until 1901, from then on with USDA.
**Abbreviated name**: *Richer* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ricker*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection WIS|WIS]] (10.000 parasitic fungi); collections and types in [[Collection US|US]]; other material in [[Collection DPU|DPU]] and [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Smithsonian Archives SIA 55, 221, S1.B25; letters to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 154 (b. 27 Mar 1878); BJI 2: 145; BL 1: 172, 315; Bossert p. 331; Hawksworth p. 185; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 341, 2: (in press); Kelly p. 192; Lenley p. 343; LS 22265-22270, 38373-38374; MW p. 414; NAF 7: 1085; NW p. 56; Stevenson p. 1255; TL-2/3574.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. Mag. 146: 111. 1948 (portr.); Taxon 22: 328. 1973 (d. 2 Feb 1973).
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 14. 1969.
- Pennell, F.W. & J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 617. 1935 (coll.).
- Ricker, P.L., Wild Flower 40: 31-32. 1964 (autobiographical).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 4: 452. 1938.
#### Composite works
With W.A. Kellerman, *New gen. fungi*, 1905, see TL-2/3574.
### Publications
##### n.9194. A preliminary list of Maine fungi
**Title**
*A preliminary list of Maine fungi*... Orono, Maine, April, 1902. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. list Maine fung.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr 1902 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-86, \[87, err.\]. *Copies*: FH (rd 7 Jun 1902), NY. – The University of Maine Studies no. 3.