# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-elizabeth-banning
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:36:37.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-elizabeth-banning"
name: "Mary Elizabeth Banning"
slug: "mary-elizabeth-banning"
description: "Mary Elizabeth Banning was an American mycologist and botanical illustrator from Maryland. She formally described 23 previously unknown species of fungi, publishing their type descriptions in the Botanical Gazette and Charles Peck's \"Annual Report of the New York State Botanist\". She was the first woman outside of Europe to name a fungal taxon."
tagline: "American mycologist (1822-1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Elizabeth_Banning.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1822-04-06"
deathDate: "1903-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           9.00792
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump