> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 782](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190253) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8376-1) LSID 8376-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6072149) QID Q6072149 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.