About Elliot Calvin Howe
Lived 1828 – 1899 (aged 70–71). Elliot Calvin Howe was an American mycologist.
Elliot Calvin Howe (February 14, 1828 – March 2, 1899) was an American botanist and a member of the Torrey Botanical Club. Most notably, he discovered several species of fungi throughout his life, including Tricholoma Peckii, Hygrophorus Peckianus, Puccinia curtipes, P. Peckianus, Microsphaera menispermi, M. platani and M. symphoricarpi, and two were named after him to commemorate his contributions to the field, Stropharia Howeanum Pk. and Hypoxylon Howeanum Pk.
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Who was Elliot Calvin Howe?
botanist (1828-1899)
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Elliot Calvin Howe was born in 1828 in Jamaica.
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Elliot Calvin Howe died in 1899 in Lansingburgh.
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Elliot Calvin Howe was a mycologist.
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Elliot Calvin Howe was American.
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