> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 543](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333682) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12861-1) LSID 12861-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21533963) QID Q21533963 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Seymour, Arthur \[Bliss\] (1859-1933), American botanist; MS Univ. Illinois 1886; assistant to W.G. Farlow at Harvard 1883-1885; at the University of Wisconson 1885-1886; permanently appointed to the staff of the Cryptogamic Herbarium, Harvard 1886, especially engaged on the Harvard mycological indexes. **Abbreviated name**: *Seym.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Seym.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]] (in herb. F.C. Seymour). – Further material at [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CAS|CAS]], [[Collection CS|CS]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection DAO|DAO]], [[Collection DUKE|DUKE]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection IA|IA]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection ILLS|ILLS]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MISSA|MISSA]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NCU|NCU]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection SD|SD]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. *Exsiccatae*: (1) see J. Stevenson (1971) p. 372-383, especially for the major series, issued with Franklin Sumner Earle (1856-1929), *Economic fungi*, fasc. 1-11, nos. 1-550, 1 Jan 1890-7 Jun 1899 with suppl. A-C (12, 31, 150 nos.) 5 Apr 1898-12 Jun 1903. – Sets at [[Collection ARIZ|ARIZ]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection COLO|COLO]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection DAOM|DAOM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection GA|GA]], [[Collection IA|IA]], [[Collection ILL|ILL]], [[Collection ISC|ISC]], [[Collection KANU|KANU]], [[Collection KSC|KSC]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MIN|MIN]], [[Collection MONT|MONT]], [[Collection MSC|MSC]], [[Collection MTMG|MTMG]], [[Collection MU|MU]], [[Collection NCU|NCU]], [[Collection NDA|NDA]], [[Collection NEB|NEB]], [[Collection NHES|NHES]], [[Collection NYS|NYS]], [[Collection OC|OC]], [[Collection PUR|PUR]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection RSA|RSA]], [[Collection SCHN|SCHN]], [[Collection SDC|SDC]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection UMO|UMO]], [[Collection USC|USC]], [[Collection UT|UT]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]], [[Collection WSP|WSP]]. For text and dates see below. - (2) For *Lichenes boreali-americani*, with Clara Eaton Cummings (1855-1906) and Thomas Albert Williams (1865-1900), see C.E. Cummings: TL-2/1: 571 and Sayre (1969) p. 120.(3) Seymour contributed also to C. Roumeguère (q.v.) *Fungi selecti exsiccati*. *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 282, 328, 347; Barnhart 3: 263 (b. 3 Jan 1839, d. 30 Mar 1933); Blankinship p. 11, 24; BM 2: 557, 4: 1907, 8: 1180; Ewan ed. 1: 303, ed. 2: 199; GR p. 197; Hawksworth p. 186; Kelly p. 211-212; Lenley p. 366; LS 4503, 6419, 8353, 24705-24729, 39190, suppl. 25346; Morren ed. 10, p. 122; NW p. 57; PH 26; Rehder 5: 796; Stevenson p. 1257; TL-2/1741, see G.P. Clinton, C.E. Cummins; Tucker 1: 646, 3: 277; Urban-Berl. p.282. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-5, 1906-1933; Natl. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 44: 313. 1962 (biogr., portr., b. 3 Jan 1859, d. 29 Mar 1933); New York Times 31 Mar 1933; Science ser. 2. 77: 344. 1933 (d.); Torreya 33: 107. 1933 (d.); Who's who Amer. 7-18, 1910-1935; Who was who Amer. 1: 1106. 1968. - Cattell, J.M., Amer. men Sci. ed. 1: 287. 1906, ed. 2: 420. 1910. - Day, M., Rhodora 3: 281. 1901 (on his private herb.). - Jones, L.R., Mycologia 26(4): 279-290. 1934 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 19, 20, 58. 1981. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 120. 1969 (exsicc. lich.). - Seymour Jones, E. & B.E. Wood, List of activities \[publ.\] and interests of Arthur B. Seymour, mss., 4 p., copies at FH and TL-2/files. - Stevenson, Beih. Nova Hedw. 36: 372-383. 1971 (exsiccatae). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 6: 263, 420. 1941. #### Composite works - (1) With W.G. Farlow, *Prov. host-index fung. U.S.* 1888-1891, see TL-2/1741. - (2) W.G. Farlow, *Bibliographical index of North American Fungi*, 1(1), 1905, Abrothallus-Badhamia, work done mainly by Seymour. #### Eponymy *Seymouria* R. Sweet (1824) was named for Mrs. Seymour of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, a grower of geraniums. ### Publications ##### n.11.835. Economic fungi **Title** *Economic fungi* a series of specimens designed chiefly to illustrate the fungus diseases of useful and noxious plants... edited and published by A.B. Seymour and F.S. Earle. Cambridge, Mass. 1890-1905. **Abbreviated title**: *Econ. fung.* **Notes** *Co-editor*: Franklin Sumner Earle (1856-1929); the *Ustilaginaceae* (C 1-C 100) edited by George Perkins Clinton (1867-1937). *Publ*.: 1 Jan 1890-12 Jun 1905; text accompanying the set of exsiccatae mentioned under "Herbarium and Types". *1* (nos. 1-50): 1 Jan 1890, p. \[1-3\]. *2* (nos. 51-100): 1 Jan 1891, p. \[1-3\]. – Parasites on grasses and grass-like plants. *3/4* (nos. 101-200): 1 Sep 1892, p. \[1-3\]. – Parasites on forest trees and other woody plants indigenous or cultivated for ornament. *5* (nos. 201-250): 1 Feb 1893, p. \[1-3\]. – Chiefly Uredineae parasitic on woody plants including Gymnosporangia with their aecidial stages. *6/8* (nos. 251-400): 1 Mai 1893, p. \[1-4\]. – Parasites on weeds... with the cooperation of Byron D. \[David\] Halsted \[1852-1918\] and with the assistance of Harriet L. \[Lathrop\] Merrow \[b. 1858\] and Josephine Skehan. *9* (nos. 401-450): 1 Jul 1895, p. \[1-3\]. – Parasites on garden vegetables and fruit trees ... assisted by Flora W. \[Wambaugh\] Patterson \[1847-1928\]. *10* (nos. 451-500): 15 Oct 1897, p. \[1-3\]. – Chiefly parasites of ornamental herbaceous plants... assisted by Jennie F. \[Frances\] Conant \[b. 1864\]. *11* (nos. 501-550): 7 Jun 1899, p. \[1-3\]. – Assisted by Jennie F. Conant. *Economic fungi supplement* including species of scientific rather than of economic interest (nos. A 1-10, B 1-30) 5 Apr 1898, p. \[1-3\]. – assisted by Jennie F. Conant. *Id*. (nos. C 1-C 100), *Ustilagineae*: 1 Jun 1903, p. \[1-3\]... edited by G.P. Clinton. *Id*. (nos. C 101-C 150), *Ustilagineae*: 12 Jun 1905, p. \[1-3\]... id. *Copy*: NY. – Lists of collectors provided on t.p.'s of fasc. 6-end. *Announcement*: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 15: 25. 1890 (fascicles of 50 species; $3.00 in envelopes; $3.50 mounted in book form), see also S.M.T., Bot. Gaz. 18(2): 82. Feb 1893 (rev. fasc. 1). ##### n.11.836. Host index of the fungi of North America **Title** *Host index of the fungi of North America*... Cambridge, Massachusetts (Harvard University Press) 1929. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Host index fung. N. Amer.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Jun 1929 (p. iv: 10 Jun 1929 publ.; MO rd 20 Jun 1929), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-732. *Copies*: B-S, BR, FH, HH, MICH, MO, NY, PH, Stevenson, USDA. *Supplement*: unfinished; manuscript at FH. *Facsimile ed*. 1967, Lehre (Verlag von J. Cramer), p. \[i\*-ii\*, new\], \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-732. *Copies*: FAS, FH, G, NY. – Bibliotheca mycologica Band 2. – See Taxon 16: 443. 1967. – ISBN 3-7682-0461-8. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 68: 123-124. Apr 1930 (rev.).