Adeline Ames
| Adeline Sarah Ames | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 6, 1879 Henderson, York County, Nebraska |
| Died |
February 11, 1976 (aged 96) Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California |
| Resting place | Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Botany, Mycology |
| Institutions | Assistant Forest Pathologist, Department of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C., 1913; Professor of Biology, Sweet Briar College, 1920 - 1941 |
| Alma mater | B.S., A.M., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Cornell University |
| 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.[4] She attended the University of Nebraska, (B.A., A.M., 1903) and received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1913.[5] She died in Long Beach, California, on February 11, 1976.[4]
Career
In 1913, Ames served as Assistant Forest Pathologist in the Department of Plant Industry in Washington, D.C.[6] In 1918, she also worked with George Francis Atkinson in Tacoma, Washington collecting fleshy fungus flora.[7] From 1920–1941, she was a biology professor at Sweet Briar College.[8]
Scientific work
In February 1913, while a graduate student at Cornell University, she studied the collection of Polyporaceae at the New York Botanical Garden, with special reference to the species occurring in the United States.[9] In 1913, she published the article "A New Wood-Destroying Fungus" in the Botanical Gazette where she worked with Atkinson in Cornell examining polypores collected in the engineering building at the 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.[10]
Partial bibliography
- The Temperature Relations of Some Fungi Causing Storage Rots (1915). Phytopathology 5:1 (11-19).
- A Consideration of Structure in Relation to Genera of Polyporaceae (1913). key and descriptions of sixteen genera.[11]
- A New Wood-Destroying Fungus (1913). Botanical Gazette, Volume 5 (397-399).
- Studies in the Polyporaceae (1913, Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University).
- Studies on the structure and behavior of rosettes (1903, A.M. thesis, University of Nebraska). ETD collection for University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
References
- ↑ "Harvard University Herbaria - Index of Botanists - Ames, Adeline". Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard University. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ Cornell alumni news. November 1976. page 55. alumni deaths.
- ↑ Alumni directory : Graduates, 1869-1912 (page 104). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska, ser. XVII, no. 7
- 1 2 "Adeline Sarah Ames (1879 - 1976) - Find A Grave Memorial". Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Alumni Deaths". Cornell Alumni News. 79 (4): 55. November 1976.
- ↑ "News and Notes". Mycologia. 5 (2): 87–90. 1913. JSTOR 3753567.
- ↑ Coulter, John Merle; Coulter, M. S.; Barnes, Charles Reid; Arthur, Joseph Charles (1919-01-01). Botanical Gazette. University of Chicago Press.
- ↑ Sweet Briar College (1941). "The Briar Patch". Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ Garden, New York Botanical (1912-01-01). Journal.
- ↑ "A New Wood-Destroying Fungus : Ames, Adeline : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ↑ Bessey, Charles E. (1914-05-29). "Botanical Notes". Science. New Series. 39 (1013): 790–791. JSTOR 1638884.
External links
- Sweet Briar College (1941). "The Briar Patch". Retrieved 2014-09-08. - Photo of Adeline Ames
- "Correspondence with Paul S. Conger, in Paul S. Conger Papers, 1913-1979, Folder 12". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- "Correspondence with George Francis Atkinson In MS 62-2337, Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. Papers, 1880-1918.". Cornell University Library, Collection of Regional History and University Archives (21/29/103). Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- "News and Notes". Mycologia. 5 (6): 313–314. 1913. JSTOR 3753589.