> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 706](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333845) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/26951-1) LSID 26951-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387724) QID Q387724 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Smith, Worthington George (1835-1917), British mycologist, antiquarian and botanical artist; artist for the Gardener's Chronicle 1869-1910 and of the Floral Magazine 1870-1876; Veitch Memorial Medal 1907. **Abbreviated name**: *W.G. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.G.Sm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (fungi and preparations); original water colors and other illustrations also at [[Collection BM|BM]]. – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 117, 285, 306, 347; Andrews p. 333; Barnhart 3: 296; BB p. 282; BL 2: 214, 220, 717; BM 4: 1951-1952, 8: 1209; Bossert p. 374; Desmond 571 (b. 23 Mar 1835, d. 27 Oct 1917); Hawksworth p. 186; Herder p. 365; Hortus 3: 1204; Jackson p. 164, 168, 244; Kelly p. 216; KR p. 655; Lenley p. 378-379; LS 25060-25296, 39350-39357 (bibl.); Morren ed. 10, p. 73; NI 2: 269 (index); Rehder 5: 806; Stevenson p. 1258; TL-2/463, 1798, 2926, 8619; Zander ed. 10, p. 718, ed. 11, p. 819. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 224: 875-876. 1964; Gard. Chron. 1907(1): 188 (portr., cartoon, Veitch Mem. Medal), 1917(2): 180-181 (obit., portr., cartoon); J. Bot. 13: 126. 1875 (1300 drawings of British fungi acquired by BM), 30: 127. 1892 (further drawings id.), 43: 224. 1905 (mss. acquired by BM), 54: 248. 1916 (250 drawings of cult. pl. acquired by BM); J. Bot. 55: 360. 1917 (d.); J. Hort. Home Farm. 64: 214. 1912 (biogr. sketch, portr.); Mycologia 10: 170. 1918 (d.); Nature 100: - 170 (d.), 191 (obit.), 209. 1917. - Bagshawe, T.W., Bedfordshire Mag. 1967: 73-79 (portraits, reminiscences). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.429, 229.461, 293.5, 303.5. 1980. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 56: 243-247. 1918 (obit.), 59: 87. 1921 (criticism of C.G. Lloyd's note of 1920). - Cotton, A.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1918: 31-32 (obit.). - Druce, G.C., Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isl. 5(1): 92-93. 1918 (obit.). - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 320. 1980. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 130: 42-43. 1918 (obit.). - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. Notes 64: 986. 1920 (portr.). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH), 1: 184. 1904 (fungi at BM). - Raab, H., Z. Pilzk. 55(12): 178, 180. 1971 (brief note). - Smith, A.L., Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 6: 65-67. 1917 (obit.; W.G.S. as a mycologist). - Woodward, B.B., *in* G. Murray, Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 50. 1904 (orig. drawings BM). #### Composite works - (1) Artist for R. Hogg, *Wild fl. Gr. Britain* \[1861\], 1863-1880, see TL-2/2926; idem for R. Hogg and G.W. Johnson, *A selection of the eatable funguses of Great Britain*, London s.d. \[1866?\]. - (2) Editor and artist, *The floral Magazine* vols. 8-10 & new series, 1869-1875. - (3) \[Fungi of the Fiji Islands\] *in* B. Seemann, *Fl. vit.* 421-423. 1871. - (4) With W.H. Fitch, *Ill. Brit. fl.* 1880 \[1879\] and further editions, see TL-2/1798 \[additions to entry TL-2/1798: *Ed. 1, copies*: HH, NY, USDA; *ed. 5*, third reprint Ashford, Kent, (L. Reeve & Co.,...) 1944, p. \[i\]-xxvii, \[1\]-338. *Copies*: PH, USDA\]. - (5) Co-editor and artist with W.W. Saunders, *Mycol. ill.*, parts 1-2, Mai 1871 and Jul 1874, see under Saunders. - (6) Illustrated M. Plues, *Select. fung. Gr. Brit.* 1866, TL-2/8061. ### Publications ##### n.12.309. Mushrooms and toadstools **Title** *Mushrooms and toadstools*: how to distinguish easily the differences between edible and poisonous fungi. With two large sheets containing figures of twenty-nine edible and thirty-one poisonous species drawn the natural size and coloured from living specimens ... London (Robert Hardwicke,...) 1867. Oc. **Abbreviated title**: *Mushr. toadst.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1867, p. \[i\]-x, \[11\]-64, 2 charts (col. liths.). *Copy*: FH. *Ed. 2*: 1875, p. \[1\]-64, 2 charts. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 3*: n.v. *Ed. 4*: 1879, p. \[1\]-64, 2 charts. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.12.310. Clavis agaricinorum **Title** *Clavis agaricinorum*: an analytical key to the British Agaricini, with characters of the genera and subgenera... London (L. Reeve & CO.,...) 1870. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mai-1 Aug 1870 (in journal), p. \[1\]-40, *pl. 1-6. Copies*: FH, NY, PH. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 8: 137-145, 1 Mai 1870, 176-182, 1 Jun 1870, 213-223, 1 Jul 1870, 246-252. 1 Aug 1870. ##### n.12.311. Outlines of British fungology **Title** *Outlines of British fungology*: *Supplement*... London (L. Reeve & Co.,...) 1891. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Outl. Brit. fungol. Suppl.* **Notes** *Supplement*: to M.J. Berkeley, Outl. Brit. fungol. 1860, TL-2/463. *Publ*.: Sep-Oct 1891 (Bot. Zeit. 27 Nov 1891; J. Bot. Oct 1891), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-386. *Copies*: BR, FH, MO, Stevenson. *Ref*.: G.M., J. Bot. 29: 378-380. Dec 1891 (rev.). ##### n.12.312. Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi **Title** *Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi* in the Department of Botany British Museum (Natural History)... \[London\] (printed by order of the Trustees) 1893. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Guide models Brit. fung.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1893 (USDA rd 31 Jul 1893; Vet. Akad. Stockh. rd before 10 Mai 1893; J. Bot. Apr 1903("just received")), p. \[1\]-82. *Copies*: BR, FH, PH, USDA. *Reissue*: 1898, p. \[1\]-82. *Copies*: MO, NY(2). *Ed. 2*: 1908 (p. \[iii\]. Oct 1908; J. Bot. Dec 1908 (rev.), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-85. *Copy*: BR. – Second edition, revision. *Ref*.: A.L.S., J. Bot. 46: 399-400. Dec 1908 (rev.). ##### n.12.313. Synopsis of the British basidiomycetes **Title** *Synopsis of the British basidiomycetes* a descriptive catalogue of the drawings and specimens in the Department of Botany, British Museum... London (printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum) 1908. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. Brit. basidiomyc.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1908 (p. \[iii\]: Oct 1908; BR copy rd 24 Nov 1908; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1908; Bot. Centralbl. 23 Feb 1909; ÖbZ for Feb 1909), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-531, \[532, imprint\], *pl. 1-5. Copies*: B, BR, FH, G, MICH, MO, NY, PH, Stevenson, US, USDA. – See also J. Ramsbottom, *Handb. larg. Brit. fung.* 1923, TL-2/8619. *Ref*.: Cotton, A.D., Bot. Centralbl. 110: 661. 1909 (rev.). - Rea, Carleton, J. Bot. 47: 32-35. 1909 (rev.). ##### n.12.314. Guide to Mr Worthington Smith's drawings of field and cultivated mushrooms **Title** *Guide to Mr Worthington Smith's drawings of field and cultivated mushrooms* and poisonous or worthless fungi often mistaken for mushrooms exhibited in the Department of Botany British Museum (Natural history). London (printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum) 1910. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Guide drawings mushrooms*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1910 (p. \[2\]: Jul 1910), p. \[1\]-24, 2 col. charts. *Copies*: BR, G. *Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 48: 261-263. Oct 1910 (rev.).