Grace Marie Taylor

Grace Marie Taylor Bulmer (28 April 1930 – 24 April 1999) was a New Zealand mycologist and botanist as well as a scientific illustrator. She described several new species of fungi and published and illustrated books on New Zealand fungi and plants.

Background and education Taylor was born Grace Marie Bulmer in 1930. She attended New Plymouth Girls' High before going on to study at Victoria University of Wellington. Taylor gained a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science with honours studying botany. She then went on to attend the Auckland Teachers Training College before beginning work as a teacher at Wellington Girls' College.

Taylor created an historically important private collection of New Zealand fungi.

In 2017, Taylor was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating women's contribution to knowledge in New Zealand.

Eponymous taxa

Entoloma mariae G. Stev. (1962) Cortinarius taylorianus E. Horak (1990)

Selected works

Taylor, M. (1970) Mushrooms and Toadstools in New Zealand. A. H. & A. W. Reid, Wellington 32 pp. ___________. (1981) Mushrooms and Toadstools. Mobil New Zealand Nature Series. A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington. 79 pp. ___________. (1983) Some Common Fungi of Auckland City. Tane 29 133–142. ___________. and Watling, Roy. (1987) Observations on the Bolbitiaceae, 27 : preliminary account of the Bolbitiaceae of New Zealand. J. Cramer, Berlin. 61 pp. ___________. (2002) Meanings and Origins of Botanical Names of New Zealand Plants. Auckland: Auckland Botanical Society. 201 pp.