> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 465](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333604) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/26466-1) LSID 26466-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296491) QID Q3296491 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Seaver, Fred Jay (1877-1970), American mycologist; MS State Univ. Iowa 1904; assistant Biology Dept. Iowa City 1904-1905; instructor of biology Iowa Wesleyan Univ. 1905-1906; at the New York Botanical Garden 1906-1907; assistant professor of biology Fargo, North Dakota and mycologist to the Fargo Experiment Station 1907-1908; again at the New York botanical Garden from 1908; Dr. phil. Iowa 1912; director of laboratories at NY 1908-1911; curator 1912-1943, head curator 1943-1948, from 1948-1970 curator emeritus; Dr. Sci. h.c. Sioux City, Iowa 1931. **Abbreviated name**: *Seaver* \[standard form in IPNI: *Seaver*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Seaver left library, collections of fungi and other mycological data to [[Collection NY|NY]] on retirement (1943); further herbarium material at [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection IA|IA]] (Discomycetes), [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection OSC|OSC]]. *Exsiccatae*: (1) With Herbert Floyd Bergman (1883-?) *North Dakota fungi*, fasc. 1-2, nos. 1-40, Feb and Aug 1908. Sets at [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NDA|NDA]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OS|OS]]. - (2) With Guy West Wilson (1877-?), *Ascomyctes and lower fungi*, fasc. 1-4, nos. 1-100, 1907-1909, sets at [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection ISC|ISC]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MU|MU]], [[Collection NHES|NHES]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OC|OC]], [[Collection OS|OS]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]], [[Collection VT|VT]]. See Stevenson (1971). – Letters to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 254 (b. 14 Mar 1877); BM 4: 1889; Bossert p. 359; Ewan ed. 1: 158, 302, 304, ed. 2: 198; Hawksworth p. 186; Hirsch p. 270; IF (ed. 2): 88, (ed. 3): 111, (ed. 6): 364, (ed. 7): 342; Kelly p. 210-211, 257; Lenley p. 364-365; LS 24565-24567, 39120-39135, 40630-40631; suppl. p. 25134-25194; Stevenson p. 1257; TL-2/781, 788, 1142, see J.F. Brenckle; Urban-Berl. p. 396. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. 2. 418. 1910, ed. 4. 874. 1927; Hedwigia 45: (77). 1906 (app. Wesleyan coll.), 52: (84). 1912 (app. curator NY); Nat. Nov. 30: 499. 1908 (app. dir. laboratories NY); Newsletter New York Bot. Gard. 5(1): 2. 1971 (d.); Who's who Amer. 18: 2122. 1934-1935, 19: 2181. 1936-1937, 20: 2227. 1938-1939, 21: 2311. 1940-1941, 22: 1960. 1942-1943, 23: 1896. 1944-1945, 24: 2110. 1946-1947, 25: 2209. 1948-1949, 26: 2461. 1950-1951; Who was who Amer. 5: 649. 1969-1973; World Biogr. L-Z: 4283. 1948. - Barnhart, J.H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 140-141. 1911. - Cattell, J.M., Amer. men sci. ed. 2. 418. 1910, ed. 3. 611. 1921, ed. 4. 874. 1927, ed. 5. 995. 1933, ed. 6. 1265. 1938, ed. 7. 1587. 1944, ed. 8. 2222. 1949, ed. 9. 2: 1008, 1955, ed. 10. 3643. 1961. - Cherry, E.C., ed., Newsletter New York Bot. Gard. 1(9): 5. 1967 (tribute portr.). - Degener, Otto and Isa, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 98: 172-174. 1971; Fl. males. Bull. 26: 1996-1997. 1972 (obit.), Phytologia 25(4): 218-219. 1973 (obit., portr.). - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. Writings 5: 573, 574, 590. 1916 (portr.). - Robbins, W.J., J. New York Bot. Gard. 44: 20. 1943 (publ. 1942; listed as co-editor of North American Flora). - Rogers, D.P., *in* C.T. Rogerson, Mycologia 65(4): 723-724. 1973 (citation for Distinguished Service Award); Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2: 26, 68, 69, 70. 1981. - Rogerson, C.T., Mycologia 65(4): 721-724. 1973 (biogr., portr.); Publications of Fred Jay Seaver (1877-1970), New York August 7, 1973 (mimeographed; bibl. with ca. 330 items); Mycologia Index, vol. 1-58, 1908-1966, frontisp., p. vii (dedication), p. 1042-1043 (list of publ. in Mycologia) 1968. - Seaver, F.J., North Amer. Cup-fungi 351, 368. 1942 (bibl.). - Shope, P.F., Mycologia 21: 295. 1929 (coll. in Colorado 1910), Biology News-Letter Univ. Colo. 3: 31. 1929. - Stevenson, J., Beih. Nova Hedwigia 36: 370-371, 511-513. 1971 (exsicc: North Dakota fungi, Ascomycetes and lower fungi). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 238. 1935, 2: 31, 34, 347, 348, 419. 1936, 3: 27, 310, 311. 1937, 5: 310. 1939, 6: 262, 263, 329. 1941. #### Composite works - (1) Associate editor, *Mycologia* 1909-1924, editor 1925-1932, editor-in-chief 1933-1945; managing editor 1933-1947. - (2) NAF, 3(1): Hypocreales 1, Nectriaceae 3-30, Hypocreaceae 31-56, Fimetariales 57, Fimetariaceae 65-88. 29 Dec 1910 (with D. Griffiths), 6(1): Phyllostictales 6(1): 1-84. 5 Apr 1922. - (3) *Fungi, in* N.L. Britton, *The Bahama flora* 631-645. 26 Jun 1920. - (4) *Fungi, in* N.L. Britton, *Flora of Bermuda* 479-489. 28 Feb 1918. - (5) Editor, *Journal of the New York Botanical Garden* 12-13, 1911-1912. - (6) *Photographs and descriptions of cup-fungi*, i-xliii, Mycologia 7-39, 1915-1947. #### Eponymy *Seaverinia* Whetzel (1945). ### Publications ##### n.11.571. The discomycetes of Eastern Iowa **Title** *The discomycetes of Eastern Iowa*... Extract from Bulletin of Laboratories of natural History State University of Iowa, vol. v. no. 3. Jun 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Discomyc. East. Iowa*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1904 (t.p. preprint so dated), p. \[1\]-70, *pl. 1-25* with text. *Copies*: FH, NY. – Preprinted from Bull. Lab. nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa 5(4) \[sic, not 3 as indicated on preprint\]: \[230\]-297, *pl. 1-25* with text. Nov 1904. ##### n.11.572. Some North Dakota Hypocreales **Title** *Some North Dakota Hypocreales*... New York 1908. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1908, cover-t.p., p. \[527\]-533. *Copy*: U. – Contr. New York Bot. Gard. no. 115. Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 35: 527-533. 1908. ##### n.11.573. North Dakota Slime moulds **Title** *North Dakota Slime moulds*... New York 1908 \[1909\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 2 Jan 1909, cover-t.p., p. \[577\]-580. *Copy*: U. – Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 119. Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 35: 577-580. 2 Jan 1909. ##### n.11.574. Iowa Discomycetes **Title** *Iowa Discomycetes*... New York 1910 \[1911\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1911 (fide C.T. Rogerson in bibliography Seaver 1973, p. 5), cover-t.p., \[i\], \[41\]-219, *pl. 1-41. Copies*: BR, FH, Stevenson, U. – Contr. New York Bot. Gard. 133. Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Lab. nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa 6: 41-219, *pl. 1-41.* 1911. ##### n.11.575. The Hypocreales of North America **Title** *The Hypocreales of North America* by Fred Jay Seaver. A thesis submitted to the faculty of the Graduate College of the State University of Iowa in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy. New York 1912. Oct. **Notes** Publ.: thesis 1912, consisting of p. \[i-iii\], new t.p. and introduction followed by reprints of four papers published in Mycologia 1: 41-76, *pl. 4-5.* 15 Apr 1909, 1: 177-207, *pl. 13.* 11 Sep 1909, 2: 48-92, *pl. 20-21.* 8 Mar 1910 and 3: 207-230, *pl. 53-54.* 21 Sep 1911. *Copies*: FH, MICH, Stevenson. ##### n.11.576. Botany of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands Mycology **Title** New York Academy of Sciences. Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Volume viii. – Part 1 *Botany of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands Mycology*... New York (published by the Academy) 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Carlos Eugenio Chardón Palacios (1897-1965). *Collaborators*: Rafael A. Toro, Frank Dunn Kern (1883-1973), Herbert Hice Whetzel (1877-1944), Lee Oras Overholts (1890-1946). *Publ*.: 29 Dec 1926, p. \[i\], 1-208. *Copies*: NY, Stevenson, U. *Supplement to Mycology*: id. volume viii. – Part 2, 22 Nov 1932, p. \[i\], 209-311, *pl. 1-2* (includes also Revision of the *Mycomycetes* by Robert Hagelstein \[1870-1945\] on p. 241-248, and *Myxophyceae* by Nathaniel Lyon Gardner (1864-1937), on p. 249-311, *pl. 1-2.* The supplement on mycology by F.J. Seaver et al. is on p. 209-240. *Copies*: NY, Stevenson, U. ##### n.11.577. The North American Cup-fungi **Title** *The North American Cup-fungi* (*Operculates*)... New York (published by the author) 1928. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. Cupfung., Operc.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 30 Dec 1928 (p. \[iv\]), p. \[i\], frontisp., (col.= *pl. 1*), \[iii\]-vii, 1-284, *pl. 2-45. Copies*: B-S, FH, G, M, MICH, MO, NY, PH, USDA. *Supplemented ed*.: 31 Jan 1942 (C.T. Rogerson; PH rd 20 Feb 1942), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp. (col.), \[iii\]-viii, \[1\]-377, *pl. 1-74. Copies*: BR, FH, MO, NY, PH, USDA. *Facsimile repr. suppl. ed.* (*1*): 1961, New York (Hafner Publishing Co., Inc.), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\], viii, 1-377, *pl. 1-74. Copy*: BR. *Facsimile repr*. (*2*): 1978, Monticello, N.Y. (Lubrecht and Cramer), ISBN 3-7682-1174-6, p. \[i\*-iv\* new front material\], \[i\]-vii, 1-377, *pl*. \[*o*, frontisp.\], *1-74. Copy*: FAS. *Ref*.: Pfister, D., Occ. Pap. Farlow Herb. 17: 1-32. 1982 (nomenclatural revision). - Seaver, F.J., Mycologia 20: 248. 1 Jul 1928 (advance notice), 21: 54. 2 Jan 1929, J. - New York Bot. Gard. 30: 40-41. Feb 1929. ##### n.11.578. The North American Cup-fungi **Title** *The North American Cup-fungi* (*Inoperculates*)... New York (published by the author) 1951. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. Cupfung. Inoperc.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1951, p. \[i-ii\], frontisp. (col., *pl. 75*), \[iii\]-ix, 1-428, *pl. 76-150. Copies*: BR, G, PH, USDA. *Facsimile repr*.: 1961, New York (Hafner Publishing Co., Inc.), p. \[i\* Hafner t.p.\], *frontisp*. (*pl*. 75), \[i\]-ix, 1-428, *pl. 76-150. Copies*: BR, M. *Facsimile repr*.(*2*): 1978, Monticello, N.Y. (Lubrecht & Cramer), ISBN 3-7682-1175-4, p. \[i\*-iv\*, new front material\], \[i\]-ix, 1-428, *pl*. \[*75*\], *76-150. Copy*: FAS.