Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1888 - 1977)
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Biography
Sources
Selected publications
Species
Biography
grew up in Indiana
earns PhD in plant pathology at Cornell University
1919 joins the faculty of the University of Tennessee
"He was an ardent collector and became a specialist in the fleshy fungi of the southern Appalachians. Along with Coker, he was active in developing the Highlands Biological Station, and he served as its vice-president for several years." p. 20
Sources
Nancy Smith Weber & Alexander Hanchett Smith (1985) A Field Guide to Southern Mushrooms
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Selected Publications
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1929) "A preliminary report on polypores of eastern Tennessee" in Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 4 pp. 3 - 10
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1936) "Notes on southern Appalachian fungi" in Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 6 pp. 107 - 122
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1937) "Notes on southern Appalachian fungi: II." in Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 12 pp. 239 - 254
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1937) "A preliminary list of the fungi of the Great Smoky Mountains" in Castanea 2 pp. 45 - 58
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1957) "Notes on southeastern Agaricales: I." in Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 32 pp. 298 - 207
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1960) "A Study of Russula types: " in Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 21 pp. 1 - 59
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1961) "A study of Julius Schaeffer's Russulas" in Lloydia 24 pp. 182 - 198
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1961) "A Study of Russula types: 2" in Mycologia 53 pp. 605 - 625
Lexemuel Ray Hesler & Alexander Hanchett Smith (1963) North American Species of Hygrophorus
Lexemuel Ray Hesler & Alexander Hanchett Smith (1965) North American species of Crepidotus
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1967) Entoloma in Southeastern North America
Alexander Hanchett Smith & Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1968) The North American species of PholiotaA very disappointing book. About two thirds of the species in it are declared as new in the book itself; so without further research, you have no idea whether any of those species ended up being accepted by the other mycologists.
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (1969) North American species of Gymnopilus
Lexemuel Ray Hesler & Alexander Hanchett Smith (1979) North American Species of Lactarius
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Species
Gymnopilus luteus (Peck) Hesler
Gymnopilus terrestris Hesler
Gymnopilus ventricosus (Earle) Hesler
Hygrophorus bakerensis A. H. Smith & Hesler
Hygrophorus flavescens (Kauffman) A. H. Smith & Hesler
Hygrophorus marginatus var. olivasceus A. H. Smith & Hesler
Hygrophorus subsalmonius A. H. Smith & Hesler
Lactarius argillaceifolius A. H. Smith & Hesler
Lactarius cinereus A. H. Smith & Hesler
Lactarius quietus Hesler & A. H. Smith
Pholiota highlandensis (Peck) Hesler & A. H. Smith
Pholiota veris (A. H. Smith & Singer) Hesler & A. H. Smith
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