Elliot Calvin Howe (February 14, 1828 – March 2, 1899) was an American

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

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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19th-century American botanists Torrey Botanical Society members American mycologists People from Jamaica, Vermont 1828 births 1899 deaths {{US-botanist-stub