> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 276](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212318) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10598-1) LSID 10598-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21610639) QID Q21610639 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.