> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 268](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212310) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/27673-1) LSID 27673-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960311) QID Q2960311 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thom, Charles (1872-1956), American mycologist and microbiologist; at Lake Forest College, Illinois 1895-1897, A.M. ib. 1897; instructor in biology Missouri State Univ. 1897-1899; Dr. phil. ib. 1899; instructor in botany ib. 1899-1901, assistant professor of botany ib. 1901-1902; assistant in mycology Cornell University 1902-1904; mycologist with USDA for cheese investigation at Storrs, Connecticut 1904-1913; mycologist in charge of the USDA microbiological laboratory, Washington 1913-1927; mycologist in charge of the Division of Soil microbiology ib. 1927-1942 (from 1934 in the Bureau of Plant Industry). **Abbreviated name**: *Thom* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thom*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ATCC|ATCC]], [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]]. – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other mss. material at SIA. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 325, 327, 329, 348; Barnhart 3: 374 (11 Nov 1872, 24 Mai 1956); Bossert p. 398; Hawksworth p. 186; Hirsch p. 298; Kelly p. 226; Lenley p. 409; LS 26557-26560, 32209, 39919, suppl. 5093, 5959, 27714-27729; SIA 7099; Stevenson p. 1260; TL-2/see K. Raper. #### Biofile - Ainsworth, G.C., Dict. fungi ed. 6: 581-582. 1971. - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 1-9. 1906-1955; Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 343-344. 1969; Natl. cycl. Amer. biogr. 44: 330-331. 1962; New York Times 27 Mai 1956, p. 88 (obit.); Who's who Amer. 8-26, 1914-1951; Who's who Nation's Capital 1921-22: 389, 1923-1924: 372, 1934-1935: 8875 Who was who Amer. 3: 848. 1960. - Barnhart, J., J. New York Bot. Gard. 12: 143-144. 1911. - Bustinza, F., Anal. Inst. bot. Cavanilles 14: 27-30. 1956 (obit.). - Raper, K.B., J. Bact. 72: 725-727. 1956 (obit., portr.); Mycologia 49: 134-150. 1957 (obit., portr., bibl.); Biogr. Mem. natl. Acad. Sci. 38: 309-344. 1965 (portr., main biogr. bibl.). - Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 1: 30-31. 1977, ed. 2: 30, 50. 1981. - Thorn, C., Mycologia 44(1): 61-85. 1952 (Molds, mutants and monographers, autobiographical). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 31, 313. 1936, 3: 277, 368. 1937, 4: 85, 285, 573. 1938, 7: 235, 341. 1943. #### Eponymy *Thomiella* C.W. Dodge (1935). ### Publications ##### n.14.193. The process of fertilization in Aspidium and Adiantum **Title** *The process of fertilization in Aspidium and Adiantum*... Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. 4 Aug 1899, cover-t.p., p. 285-314, *pl. 36-38* (uncol.). *Copies*: BR, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci., St. Louis 9(8): 285-314, *pl. 36-38.* 1899. – Thesis Dr. phil. State Univ. Missouri. – Cover texts of reprints vary in typography. ##### n.14.194. Cultural studies of species of Penicillium **Title** *Cultural studies of species of Penicillium*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1910. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cult. stud. Penicillium*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 7 Feb 1910, p. \[1\]-109. *Copies*: H, Stevenson. ##### n.14.195. Aspergillus fumigatus **Title** *Aspergillus fumigatus*, A. nidulans, A. terreus n.sp. and their allies... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany... 1918. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*. Margaret Brooks Church (b. 1889). *Publ*.: 9 Mar 1918, p. \[i, recto of 84\], 84-104. *Copies*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 5: 84-104. 1918. ##### n.14.196. Aspergillus flavus **Title** *Aspergillus flavus*, A. oryzae, and associated species... Reprinted from American Journal of Botany... 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Margaret Brooks Church (b. 1889). *Publ*.: 19 Mar 1921, p. 103-126. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 2: 103-126. 1921. ##### n.14.197. The Aspergilli **Title** *The Aspergilli*... Baltimore (The Williams & Wilkins Company) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Aspergilli*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Margeret Brooks Church (1889-?). – Photomicrographs by G.L. Keenan. *Publ*.: Mar 1926 (p. iv; Mycologia 1 Jul 1926), p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-272, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: FH, G, MICH, NY, PH, USDA. *Followed by*: *A manual of the Aspergilli* by C. Thorn and Kenneth Bryan Raper (1908-x), p. \[iii\]-ix, \[1\]-373, *pl. 1-7. Copies*: HH, NY, PH. – Baltimore (The Williams & Wilkins Company) 1945. Oct. *Ref*.: E.M.W., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1927: 96 (rev.). - J.R., J. Bot. 65: 20-21 Jan 1927. ##### n.14.198. The Penicillia **Title** *The Penicillia*... Baltimore (The Williams and Wilkins Company) 1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Penicillia*. **Notes** *Collaborators*: Margaret Brooks Church (1889-?), O.E. May (biochem.), M.A. Raines (ills.). *Publ*.: Jan 1930 (p. iv), p. \[i\]-xiii, 1-644. *Copies*: B, FH, MICH, MO, NY, USDA. *Followed by*: *A manual of the Penicillia* by Kenneth Bryan Raper (1908-x), C. Thorn, with technical assistance and illustrations by Dorothy I. Fennell, p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-875, *pl. 1-10. Copies*: NY(2). – Baltimore (The Williams & Wilkins Company) 1949. Oct. – See also his *Cultural studies of species of Penicillium* 1910 (above). *Ref*.: J.R., J. Bot 68: 251-252. Aug 1930 (rev.). - Seaver, F.J., Mycologia 22: 159-160. 1 Mai 1930 (rev. ed. 1).