Martin Beazor Ellis

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Martin Beazor Ellis
Born14 September 1911
Chelsea Polytechnic
Known forTaxonomy of hyphomycetes
SpouseJanet Pamela "Pam" Morgan
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
Author abbrev. (botany)M.B.Ellis

Martin Beazor Ellis (14 September 1911,

hyphomycetes.[1] He was the president of the British Mycological Society for the academic year 1973–1974.[2]

Biography

Martin B. Ellis was the younger brother of Ted Ellis, who became a well-known naturalist

Baluchistan, and Kashmir. He collected microfungi for himself and polypores for Sahay Ram Bose.[2]

After the end of WW II, Ellis returned to England.

Stanley John Hughes (1918–2019), and Guy Richard Bisby (1889–1958).[2]

In Chatham, Kent, in September 1948, Martin B. Ellis married Janet Pamela "Pam" Morgan. She graduated in 1940 with a degree in general science from the University of Reading and in 1946 with a Diploma in systematic mycology mentored by Charles Geddes Coull Chesters (1904–1993), a professor of botany at the University of Nottingham. She met Martin Ellis during collecting forays. They spent their honeymoon collecting fungi on the island of Guernsey and the results of their research was published in Report and Transaction of la Société Guernesiaise. Martin and Pam Ellis collaborated in mycological research until his death in 1996 and wrote several books together.[2]

The two superbly illustrated books Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes (1971) and More Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes (1976), both published by the

dematiaceous hyphomycetes[7] (a diverse group of microfungi sometimes called black yeasts or black molds) in identification[2] and taxonomy.[8][9]

In retirement, Martin and Pam Ellis moved to Southwold in Suffolk, where they began collecting, describing and illustrating microfungi, especially from East Anglia. Their research was presented in three identification handbooks, Microfungi on Land Plants (1985),Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates (1988), and Fungi without Gills (1990). The three books were extremely useful for amateur mycologists in the UK and led to a huge increase in the number of species of fungi newly recorded in Suffolk.[2]

More than 30 species names honour Martin Ellis with derivations from his surname. The genera Ellisembia Subram.[10] and Martinellisia V. G. Rao & Varghese are also named in his honour.[11] Martin Ellis communicated his enthusiasm for the study of fungi and appreciation of nature to many mycologists and gained wide esteem.[2] The mycologists T. R. Nag Raj and Bryce Kendrick dedicated A Monograph of Cholera and Allied Genera with the laudatio "prince of a man and peerless mycologist, Dr. Martin B. Ellis".[12] Upon his death he was survived by his widow and their sons.[2] The Natural History Museum, London has some of the specimens collected by M. B. Ellis.[13]

The standard author abbreviation M.B.Ellis is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[14]

Books

  • Ellis, N. B. (1972). Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute. abstract
  • Ellis, M. B. (1976). More Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute; 506 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Ellis, M. B.; Ellis, J. Pamela (1985). Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook. New York: Macmillan.
    ISBN 0029478901.[15]
  • Ellis, M. B.; Ellis, J. Pamela (1988). Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook. Timber Press.
    ISBN 9780881921151.[16]
  • Ellis, M. B.; Ellis, J. Pamela (30 June 1990). Fungi Without Gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes): An Identification Handbook. Springer.
    ISBN 9780412369704
    .

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780851998268
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  2. ^
    doi:10.1017/S0953756296003292
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  3. ^ "Voices of the Broada: Ted Ellis (Norfolk naturalist)". YouTube. Broads Authority. February 24, 2020.
  4. ISBN 9780950659244; 126 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link
    )
  5. doi:10.1007/BF03449474
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  6. ^ Sutton, B. C. (1986). "Presidential Address. Improvizations on conidial themes" (PDF). Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 86 (1): 1–38.
  7. PMID 26897066
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  8. ISBN 9780486686479
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  9. ISBN 978-0-19-029149-5
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  10. ^ "Ellisembia Subram". NBN Atlas.
  11. ^ "Martinellisia V. Rao & Varghese". Index Fungorum.
  12. ISBN 9780889205352
    .
  13. ^ "Ellis, Martin Beazor". JSTOR Global Plants.
  14. ^ International Plant Names Index.  M.B.Ellis.
  15. ISBN 086656618X
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  16. doi:10.1086/416512
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