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Andrew Price Morgan

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Price Morgan
Born(1836-10-27)October 27, 1836
Centerville, Ohio, U.S.
DiedOctober 19, 1907(1907-10-19) (aged 70)
Known forContributions to understanding the flora of Ohio
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, bryology, mycology
Author abbrev. (botany)Morgan

Andrew Price Morgan (27 October 1836 – 19 October 1907) was an American botanist. 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. A.P. Morgan was a mentor to the prominent American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd. His correspondence with Lloyd is stored in the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati.[1] 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

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Morgan married scientific illustrator and collector Laura Matilda Vail in 1870.[2]

Taxa described

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Eponymous taxa

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Several fungal species have been named in Morgan's honor:[3]

In honor of his wife, Morgan named Hygrophorus laurae, currently known as Limacium laurae (Morgan) Singer.

Publications

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  • 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.
The standard author abbreviation Morgan is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Kellerman WA. (1907). "Obituary: Professor A.P. Morgan". The Journal of Mycology. 13 (6): 233–6. JSTOR 3752481.
  2. ^ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954". FamilySearch. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ Armstrong C. (1901). "Plant names commemorative of Ohio botanists" (PDF). Ohio Naturalist. 1 (3): 33–8. hdl:1811/1190.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Morgan.
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