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Index of Botanists

NameMains, Edwin Butterworth
Date of birth1890
Date of death1968
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: MICH (main collection of fungi); additional material at PUR] [collector note: Br. Honduras: C (r. 1937; 153), MICH (Fungi, mainly Uredinales; ± 76 Lich.), PUR; Michigan, New Hampshire & N.W. Untied States (col. 1913-x): CUP, MICH, PUR, TRTC.]
ASA Botanist ID143678 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/07113d97-2de1-4561-bab6-fb169a54a651
Variant nameEdwin Butterworth Mains
Variant nameMains, E. B.
Author nameMains
B & P Author Abbrev.Mains
Standard/Label NameE. B. Mains
Full NameMains, Edwin Butterworth
Geography AuthorUnited States of America
Geography CollectorUnited States of America
Specialty AuthorFungi and Lichens
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors M
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by E. B. Mains
Collections in1881 (1),  1914 (2),  1920 (2),  1931 (34),  1932 (38),  1933 (17),  1934 (5),  1935 (3),  1936 (16),  1938 (2),  1939 (2),  1940 (2),  1941 (18),  1966 (1)
Collector Teams:E. B. Mains & C. L. Lundell  C. H. Kauffman & E. B. Mains  E. B. Mains & Alex. H. Smith  E. B. Mains & B. B. Kanouse  E. B. Mains, L. O. Overholts & R. Pomerleau  E. B. Mains & E. E. Mains  J. C. Arthur & E. B. Mains 
Author Teams:E. B. Mains & A. H. Smith  E. B. Mains & B. B. Kanouse  Mains, Overholts & Pomerleau  Arthur & Mains 

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