Fred Jay Seaver (14 March 1877 – 21 December 1970) was an American
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...
. He worked at the
New York Botanical Garden for 40 years, initially as the Director of Laboratories (1908–1911), then as the Curator (1912–1943), and finally as Head Curator (1943–1948). He was also an editor of the journal ''
Mycologia'' between 1909 and 1947. In 1928, Seaver published ''North American Cup-fungi (Operculates)'', which was expanded with a supplement in 1942 and a second volume in 1951, titled ''North American Cup-fungi (Inoperculates)''.
He was honoured in 1945 when botanist
Herbert Hice Whetzel published ''
Seaverinia'', which is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Sclerotiniaceae.
References
American mycologists
1877 births
1970 deaths
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