Elliot Calvin Howe (February 14, 1828 – March 2, 1899) was an American
botanist
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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.
See also
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:Taxa named by Elliot Calvin Howe
References
19th-century American botanists
Torrey Botanical Society members
American mycologists
People from Jamaica, Vermont
1828 births
1899 deaths
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