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### Author
Thomas, William Sturgis (1871-1941), American physician and mycologist; Dr. med. Wash. Univ. 1892; medical officer in the U.S. navy during the Spanish-American and World War I; from 1920 specialized in allergy at St. Luke's Hospital, New York.
**Abbreviated name**: *W.S. Thomas* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.S.Thomas*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown. – The W.S. Thomas material at [[Collection GM|GM]], [[Collection MO|MO]] and [[Collection UC|UC]] from Costa Rica was collected by William Stephen Thomas (1909-x).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 376 (b. 11 Oct 1871, d. 21 Dec 1941).
#### Biofile
- Anon., Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 348. 1969; J. New York Bot. Gard. 43: 22-23. 1942 (obit.); The New York Times 22 Dec 1941, p. L-17.
- Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 76. 1981.
- Seaver, F.J., Mycologia 35: 133. 1943 (obit. not., portr.).
### Publications
##### n.14.229. Field book of common gilled mushrooms
**Title**
*Field book of common gilled mushrooms* with a key to their identification and directions for cooking those that are edible... New York, London (G.P. Putnam's Sons...) 1928.
**Abbreviated title**: *Field book mushrooms*.
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1928 (p. vii: Apr 1928; Mycologia 1 Mai 1929), p. \[i\]-xv, 1-332, *pl. 1-16. Copies*: FH, MO, NY.
*Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1936, p. \[i\]-xx, 1-369, *pl. 1-16* (col.). *Copies*: BR, H, USDA.
*Ed*. \[*3*\]: 1948, p. \[i\]-xx, 1-369, *pl. 1-16. Copies*: B, H, USDA.