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### Author
Riddle, Lincoln Ware (1880-1921), American botanist (mycologist, lichenologist), A.B. Harvard 1902; Dr. phil. Harvard 1906; instructor in botany at Wellesley College 1906-1909; professor of botany ib. 1909-1919; assistant professor of cryptogamic botany at Harvard Univ. 1919-1921.
**Abbreviated name**: *Riddle* \[standard form in IPNI: *Riddle*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection FH|FH]] (3500 lichens), further material at [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NEBC|NEBC]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. – Letters to W.G. Farlow and R. Thaxter at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other archival material at [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 155 (b. 17 Oct 1880, d. 16 Jan 1921); GR p. 195, cat. p. 70; Hawksworth p. 185; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 341, 2: (in press); Kelly p. 192; Lenley p. 344; LS 22272-22273, 33375; Nordstedt suppl. p. 13; PH 450; SO p. 130.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Soc. Amer. Publ. 82: 104-105. 1922 (d. 16 Jan 1921); Bryologist 24: 32. 1921 (d.); Hedwigia 64(1): (69). 1921 (d.); Rhodora 23: 28. 1921 (d. 16 Jan 1921).
- Cattell, J.M., Amer. men Sci. ed. 2. 394. 1910, ed. 3. 574. 1921.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short Hist. bot. U.S. 95. 1969.
- Fink, B., Bryologist 24: 33-36. 1921 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 16. 1979.
- Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 82. 1955.
- Robinson, B.L., *in* Development of Harvard University p. 345.
- Thaxter, R., Rhodora 23: 181-184. 1921 (bibl.).
#### Composite works
- (1) Contributed the entry on lichens to N.L. Britton, *Fl. Bermuda*, 28 Feb 1918, p. 470-479, TL-2/785.
- (2) Id. in N.L. Britton, *Bahama Fl*., 26 Jun 1920, p. 522-553, TL-2/787.
- (3) Member of the board of editors, *Bryologist*, 1911-1921.
#### Eponymy
*Riddlea* C. Dodge (1953).
### Publications
##### n.9203. The North American species of Stereocaulon
**Title**
*The North American species of Stereocaulon*... Chicago (Univ. of Chicago Press) 1910.
**Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. Stereocaulon*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Oct 1910, p. 285-304. *Copy*: Almborn. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 50: 285-304. 1910.
##### n.9204. Pyrenothrix nigra
**Title**
*Pyrenothrix nigra*, gen. et sp. nov.... \[Reprinted for private circulation from the Botanical Gazette, vol. lxiv no. 6, December 1917\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1917, p. 513-515. *Copy*: Almborn, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 64(6): 513-515. Dec 1917.