Fred Jay Seaver Explained

Fred Jay Seaver
Birth Date:March 14, 1877
Birth Place:Webster County, Iowa
Death Place:Winter Park, Florida
Nationality:American
Field:Mycology
Known For:Taxonomy and life histories of the Discomycetes
Author Abbreviation Bot:Seaver

Fred Jay Seaver (14 March 1877 – 21 December 1970) was an American mycologist. 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). Between 1907 and 1909 he issued two exsiccatae, North Dakota Fungi and Ascomycetes and lower fungi, the later with G. W. Wilson.[1] He was also an editor of the journal Mycologia between 1909 and 1947.[2] [3] 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).[4]

Botanist Herbert Hice Whetzel published Seaverinia in 1945, named after Seaver, which is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  2. Rogerson CT. . 1973 . Fred Jay Seaver: 1877-1970 . Mycologia . 65 . 4 . 721–24 . 3758511.
  3. Degener O. . 1971 . Fred Jay Seaver, 1877–1970 . Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . 98 . 3 . 172–74.
  4. Web site: New York Botanical Garden Mertz Library. Fred Jay Seaver Records. 18 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Species Fungorum - GSD Species . www.speciesfungorum.org . 23 October 2022.