Adeline Ames

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Adeline Sarah Ames
Born(1879-10-06)October 6, 1879
Henderson, York County, Nebraska
DiedFebruary 11, 1976(1976-02-11) (aged 96)
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Resting placeWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
NationalityAmerican
Alma materB.S., A.M.,
Department of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C., 1913; Professor of Biology, Sweet Briar College, 1920 - 1941
Author abbrev. (botany)A.Ames

Adeline Sarah Ames (1879–1976) was an American

mycologist who specialized in the study of mycelium.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born October 6, 1879, in Henderson, York County, Nebraska, Ames was the eldest of four children of Elwyn Ames and Hettie Owen Ames. She attended the University of Nebraska, (B.A., A.M., 1903) and received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1913.[4] She died in Long Beach, California, on February 11, 1976.

Career

In 1913, Ames served as Assistant

Forest Pathologist in the Department of Plant Industry in Washington, D.C.[5] In 1918, she also worked with George Francis Atkinson in Tacoma, Washington collecting fleshy fungus flora.[6] From 1920 to 1941, she was a biology professor at Sweet Briar College.[7]

Scientific work

In February 1913, while a graduate student at

Alabama Polytechnic Institute growing on woodwork. The fungus was identified as a new species, Poria atrosporia, mycelium with pale umbrinous coloration within the substratum or in a superficial layer found on wood from conifers.[9]

Partial bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Harvard University Herbaria - Index of Botanists - Ames, Adeline". Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard University. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ Cornell alumni news. November 1976. page 55. alumni deaths.
  3. ^ Alumni directory : Graduates, 1869-1912 (page 104). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska, ser. XVII, no. 7
  4. ^ "Alumni Deaths". Cornell Alumni News. 79 (4): 55. November 1976.
  5. JSTOR 3753567
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  6. ^ Coulter, John Merle; Coulter, M. S.; Barnes, Charles Reid; Arthur, Joseph Charles (1919-01-01). Botanical Gazette. University of Chicago Press.
  7. ^ Sweet Briar College (1941). "The Briar Patch". Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  8. ^ Garden, New York Botanical (1912-01-01). Journal.
  9. ^ "A New Wood-Destroying Fungus : Ames, Adeline : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  10. PMID 17812657
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