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### Author
Whetzel, Herbert Hice (1877-1944), American mycologist and phytopathologist; studied at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana; AB 1902; assistant Dept. Botany Cornell Univ. 1902-1906; asst. professor and head of the department of botany New York State College 1909-1944 (head dept. until 1922).
**Abbreviated name**: *Whetzel* \[standard form in IPNI: *Whetzel*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CUP|CUP]]; other material in [[Collection BH|BH]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PUR|PUR]], [[Collection US|US]].
*Exsiccatae*: *Bermuda fungi* (with John MacLaren Waterston, 1911-x), cent. 1-2, 1-200, Nov 1943 and 1945. Sets at [[Collection BPI|BPI]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection IA|IA]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NCU|NCU]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PAC|PAC]], [[Collection TRTC|TRTC]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]]. – Fasc. 2 published by J.M. Waterston. – *Field notes*: [[Collection CUP|CUP]]. – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]], to Barnhart at [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Ainsworth p. 287, 308, 326, 348; Barnhart 3: 484 (b. 5 Sep 1877, d. 30 Nov 1944); BM 5: 2305; DAB suppl. 3: 814-815; Hawksworth p. 286; Hirsch p. 322; Lenley p. 432; LS 27773-27778, 40541-40553, suppl. 29883-29916; NI 3: 12; NW p. 61; Stevenson p. 1262; TL-2/11.576; Tucker 1: 742, 3: 332.
#### Biofile
- Ainsworth, G.C., Dict. fungi ed. 6. 619-620. 1971.
- Anon., Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966. 4: 513-514. 1969; Amer, men sci. eds. 2-7, 1910-1944;; J. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 46. 1945; Who was who Amer. 2: 570. 1950.
- Barrus, M.F. and E.C. Stakman, Phytopathology 35(9): 659-670. 1945 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Fitzpatrick, H.M., Mycologia 37(4): 393-413. 1945 (obit., portr., bibl.).
- Newhall, A.G., Ann. Rev. Phytopathol. 18: 27-36. 1980 (obit.).
- Rogers, D.P., Brief hist. mycol. N. Amer. 24-25. 1944, ed. 2: 86 \[index\]. 1981.
- Stevenson, J., Beih. Nova Hedwigia 36: 508-510. 1971 (exsicc).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 361. 1935, 3: 307-308. 1937, 4: 185, 433. 1938, 5: 298. 1939, 6: 263. 1941.
#### Composite works
- (1) With L.R. Hesler, C.T. Gregory and W. Howard Rauhin, *Laboratory outlines in plant pathology* 1916, 207 p.; rev. ed. Philadelphia 1925.
- (2) With L.R. Hesler, *Manual of fruit diseases*, New York, 1917, 462 p.
- (3) With F.D. Kern, *Hemibasidiomycetes. Ustilaginales* and *Uredinales, in* F.J. Seaver and C.E. Chardon, Mycology, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico, New York Acad. Sci. 8. 1: 107-144. 1926 (TL-2/11.576).
### Publications
##### n.17.440. An outline of the history of phytopathology
**Title**
*An outline of the history of phytopathology*... Philadelphia and London (W.B. Saunders Company) 1918. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Outline hist. phytopath.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1918, p. \[1\]-130. *Coples*: FH, LC, USDA.
##### n.17.441. The smuts of Porto Rico
**Title**
*The smuts of Porto Rico* and the Virgin Islands... Reprinted from Mycologia... 1926. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Frank Dunn Kern (1883-1973), TL-2/2: 524-525.
*Publ*.: 1 Mai 1926, p. 114-124, *pl. 16. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mycologia 18: 114-124, *pl*. *16*. 1926.
##### n.17.442. North American species of Sclerotinia – I
**Title**
*North American species of Sclerotinia – I* ... Reprinted from Mycologia... 1926. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: 1 Sep 1926, cover-t.p., p. 224-235, pl. *27-29. Coples*: NY, Stevenson. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mycologia 18(5): 224-235, *pl. 27-29.* 1926.
*2*: 2 Jan 1929, cover-t.p., p. 5-32, *pl. 1-5. Copy*: Stevenson. – Id. 21(1): 5-32, *pl. 1-5.* 1929.
*3*: 1 Dec 1936, cover-t.p., p. \[i\], 514-527. *Coples*: NY, Stevenson. – Id. 28(6): 514-527. 1936. – With Nils Fabritius Buchwald.
\[*4*\]: 1 Feb 1937, p. \[i\], 128-146. *Copy*: Stevenson. – Id. 29(1): 128-146. 1936. – "Septotinia, a new genus of the Ciborioideae".