Andrew Price Morgan (27 October 1836 – 19 October 1907) was an American
debater
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. He investigated the flora of the
Miami Valley in
Ohio. While his interest included flowering plants, as noted by his ''Flora of the Miami Valley, Ohio'', his special interest was in
fungi. Morgan worked as a teacher in Dayton. He studied the botany of the Great Miami River, publishing in 1878 the ''Flora of the Miami River, Ohio''; Morgan also showed particular interest in
mycology and
bryology
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. A.P. Morgan was a mentor to the prominent American mycologist
Curtis Gates Lloyd
Curtis Gates Lloyd (July 17, 1859 – November 11, 1926) was an American mycologist known for both his research on the gasteroid and polypore fungi, as well as his controversial views on naming conventions in taxonomy. He had a herbarium with ab ...
. His correspondence with Lloyd is stored in the
Lloyd Library and Museum in
Cincinnati.
[ Lloyds portion of the correspondence is stored in the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa state university. Morgans collection of preserved fungi can also be found at the Ada Hayden Herbarium along with Laura Morgans gouache illustrations of fungi that could not be preserved.
]
Family
Morgan married scientific illustrator and collector Laura Matilda Vail in 1870.
Taxa described
*'' Astraeus'' Morgan (1889)
*'' Bovistella'' Morgan (1892)
*'' Marasmius delectans'' Morgan (1905)
*'' Pyrenomyxa'' (1896)
Eponymous taxa
Several fungal species have been named in Morgan's honor:[
*'' Agaricus morganii'' Peck 1879
*'' Boletus morgani'' Peck 1883 (now '' Heimioporus betula'')
*'']Cantharellus morgani
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A mycorrhiza (from Greek μύκης ', "fungus", a ...
'' Peck (now '' Hygrophoropsis morganii'')
*''Geastrum morganii
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The name, which comes from ''geo'' meaning ''earth'' and meaning ''star'', refers ...
'' Lloyd 1902
*'' Hypoxylon morganii'' Ellis & Everh. 1892
*'' Polyporus morgani'' Frost
*'' Lepiota morgani'' Peck 1887 (now '' Chlorophyllum molybdites'')
*'' Marasmius morganianus'' Sumst. 1914
*'' Morganella'' Zeller 1948
*'' Peziza morganii'' Massee 1902
*'' Physospora morganii'' Sacc. & Traverso 1911
*''Polyporus morganii'' Frost 1879 (now ''Polyporus radicatus
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'')
*'' Russula morganii'' Sacc. 1887
*'' Stemonitis morganii'' Peck 1880
*''Steccherinum morganii'' Banker 1906 (now '' Steccherinum reniforme'')
*''Trametes morganii
''Trametes'' is a genus of fungi that is distinguished by a pileate basidiocarp, di- to trimitic hyphal systems, smooth non-dextrinoid spores, and a hymenium usually without true hymenial cystidia.Ryvarden L. (1991). "Genera of polypores: Nomenc ...
'' Lloyd 1919
*''Xylaria morganii
''Xylaria'' is a genus of ascomycetous fungi commonly found growing on dead wood. The name comes from the Greek ''xýlon'' meaning ''wood'' (see xylem).
Two of the common species of the genus are ''Xylaria hypoxylon'' and ''Xylaria polymorpha'' ...
'' Lloyd 1924
In honor of his wife, Morgan named ''Hygrophorus laurae'', currently known as '' Limacium laurae'' (Morgan) Singer.
Publications
*Morgan, A.P. (1878)
Flora of the Miami Valley, Ohio.
The literary union.
*Morgan, A.P. (1884) "The North American Geasters" in American Naturalist 18:(10) 963–970
*Morgan, A.P. (1887) "North American Agarics. -- The sub-genus Amanita" in Journal of Mycology 3:(3) 25–33
*Morgan, A.P. (1889) "North American Fungi. The Gasteromycetes: 1." in Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 11: 141–149
*Morgan, A.P. (1890). North American fungi. Third paper. The Gastromycetes. Order II. Lycoperdaceae (continued). Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 12 (4): 8, 163–168.
*Morgan, A.P. (1892). Two new genera of hyphomycetes. Botanical Gazette 17: 190–192.
*Morgan, A.P. (1892). North American helicosporae. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 15: 39–52.
*Morgan, A.P. (1892, publ. 1893). The myxomycetes of Miami Valley, Ohio. I. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 15: 127–143.
*Morgan, A.P. (1894). The myxomycetes of Miami Valley, Ohio. III. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 16: 127–156.
*Morgan, A.P. (1895). New North American fungi. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 18: 36–45.
*Morgan, A.P. (1896). The myxomycetes of Miami Valley, Ohio. IV. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 19: 1-44.
*Morgan, A.P. (1902). The discomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio. Journal of Mycology 8: 179–192.
*Morgan, A.P. (1906). North American species of ''Heliomyces''. Journal of Mycology 12: 92–95.
*Morgan, A.P. (1906). North American species of ''Lepiota''. Journal of Mycology 12: 154–159, 195–203, 242–248.
References
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1836 births
1907 deaths
American botanists