> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 24](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066364) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11323-1) LSID 11323-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367615) QID Q5367615 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wakefield, Elsie Maud (1886-1972), British botanist (mycologist); studied at Oxford and München (with Tubeuf); assistant Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1910; temporarily mycologist at Imp. Dept. Agric. W. Indies, Barbados 1920-1921 while Mary Ewart Travelling Scholar; deputy keeper Kew 1945-1951. **Abbreviated name**: *Wakef.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wakef.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]. – Further material at [[Collection E|E]]. Manuscripts at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 126, 283, 324; Barnhart 3: 450; Bossert p. 423; Desmond p. 633 (b. 3 Jul 1886, d. 17 Jun 1972); Hawksworth p. 186; Kelly p. 236, 259; Kleppa p. 113; Lenley p. 426; LS 40388, suppl. 4138, 4139, 5752, 29134-29170; Roon p. 120; Stevenson p. 1261. #### Biofile - Anon., Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 5(4): 392-393. 1973 (obit. not.); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1910: 64 (appointment assistant Kew), 1921: 30 (temporarily \[1920-1921\] mycologist Imp. Dept. Agrie. W. Indies Barbados); Kew Bull. 1946: 3 (deputy keeper 1945, succeeding T.A. Sprague); Taxon 1: 99. 1952 (retirement); The Times 5 Jul 1972. - Bisby, G.R., Fifty year index, Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 23. 1952. - Blackwell, E., Bull. Brit. mycol. Soc. 6(2): 81-82. 1972 (reminescenses); Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 49(3): 355. 1966 (portr.), 60(1): 167-174. 1973 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Bullock, A.A., Taxon 12: 113-114. 1952 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Cotton, A.C., J. Kew Guild 1944: 343-344. 1945 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Daniels, G.S., Artists R.B.G. Kew 66. 1974 (pl. 150-153). - Dennis, R.W.G., J. Kew Guild 1972: 163-164. 1973 (obit.). - Doidge, E., Botahlia 5: 1027. 1950. - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. Notes 72: 1269. 1924 (portr.). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 770-771. 1984. - Ramsbottom, J., Trans, brit. mycol. Soc. 30: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14. 1948. - Sirks, M.J., Zesde Internationaal Botanisch Congres, Amsterdam 1935, Proceedings 1: 246, 249, 257, 382. 1936. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 31, 167, 265, 369. 1935, 2: 31, 34, 185, 194. 1936, 6: 309, 417, 1941. #### Composite works - (1) With T.A. Sprague et al., *Nomenclature proposals by British botanists *1929, see T.A. Sprague, TL-2/12.651. - (2) Editor and p.p. author, *Nomina generica conservanda*. Contributions from the nomenclature committee of the British Mycological Society. II.... Reprinted from the Transactions of the British Mycological Society, vol. xxiii, part iii \[p. 281-292\]. 1939. #### Note Outside our period: With R.W.G. Dennis, *Common British fungi* 1950; *Observer's book of common fungi* 1954. #### Eponymy *Wakefieldia* Corner et Hawker (1953); *Wakefieldiomyces* Y. Kobayasi (1981). ### Publications ##### n.16.534. Über die Bedingungen der Fruchtkörperbildung bei Hymenomyceten **Title** *Über die Bedingungen der Fruchtkörperbildung bei Hymenomyceten*, sowie das Auftreten fertiler und steriler Stämme bei denselben... \[Stuttgart (Verlag von Eugen Ulmer)\] 1909). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909, cover-t.p., p. \[521\]-551, *pl. 2. Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Naturw. Z. Forst- Landwirtsch. 7(11): 521-551. *pl. 2.* 1909. ##### n.16.535. Some notes on the genera of the Thelephoraceae **Title** *Some notes on the genera of the Thelephoraceae*... \[Worcester (Ebenezer Baylis & Son,...) 1914\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 28 Mai 1914 (in journal; J. Bot. Jul 1914), cover, p. 301-307. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 4(2) (for 1913): 301-307. 1914. ##### n.16.536. Some new British Hymenomycetes **Title** *Some new British Hymenomycetes*... \[Worcester (Ebenezer Baylis & Son,...) 1914\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1914, cover, p. 126-134. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 1914: 126-134. ##### n.16.537. On a collection of fungi from Australia and New Zealand **Title** *On a collection of fungi from Australia and New Zealand*... Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1915, cover-t.p., p. \[361\]-376, *pl. 1-2. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1915(8): \[361\]-376, *pl. 1-2.* ##### n.16.538. Additional resupinate Hymenomycetes from the Weybridge District **Title** *Additional resupinate Hymenomycetes from the Weybridge District*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 19 Sep 1919, cover-t.p., p. \[136\]-143. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Bot. mycol. Soc. 6(2): 136-143. 1919. ##### n.16.539. Fungi of New Caledonia **Title** *Fungi of New Caledonia* and the Loyalty Islands... Berlin and Wiesbaden (C.ns Kriedel's Verlag) 1920. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1920, cover-t.p., p. \[i-iii\], \[89\]-108. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from H. Schinz & A. Guillaumin, Botanik, *in* F. Sarasin & J. Roux, Nova Caledonia B-1(2): 87-108. 1920. See TL-2/10.288. ##### n.16.540. Fungi collected in British Guiana **Title** Contributions to the flora of tropical America: xxi. *Fungi collected in British Guiana*, chiefly by the Oxford University Expedition, 1929... \[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... 1934\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 3 Aug 1934, p. 238-258. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1934(6): 238-258.