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Gertrude Simmons Burlingham
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (April 21, 1872 – January 11, 1952) was an early 20th-century mycologist best known for her work on American ''Russula'' and ''Lactarius'' and pioneering the use of microscopic spore features and iodine staining for species identification. Biography Gertrude Simmons Burlingham was born in Lambs Corner,1880 Census records via Ancestry.com a farm outside Mexico, New York on April 21, 1872, the only child of Alfred Burlingham and his wife Mary Simmons. She graduated from Mexico High School to study botany at Syracuse University. She received her Bachelor of Science degree with a thesis on the comparative morphology of Asplenium bulbiferum in 1896, at the age of 24. While a student at Syracuse, she became a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. After graduating, she took a position as a biology teacher at Ovid Union School in Ovid, NY, where she quickly rose to become preceptress, or principal. She moved to Binghamton, NY in 1898 to teach high school biology, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycology
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as toxicity or infection. A biologist specializing in mycology is called a mycologist. Mycology branches into the field of phytopathology, the study of plant diseases, and the two disciplines remain closely related because the vast majority of plant pathogens are fungi. Overview Historically, mycology was a branch of botany because, although fungi are evolutionarily more closely related to animals than to plants, this was not recognized until a few decades ago. Pioneer mycologists included Elias Magnus Fries, Christian Hendrik Persoon, Anton de Bary, Elizabeth Eaton Morse, and Lewis David von Schweinitz. Beatrix Potter, author of ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', also made significant contributions to the fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
