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William Bridge Cooke
American mycologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1908 to 1991 · aged 83
William Bridge Cooke was an American mycologist. He specialized in fungal ecology and taxonomy, with on emphasis on the Polyporaceae. He was the author of at least 192 publications and five books.
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Cooke also published many fungal taxa: 3 subfamilies, 10 genera, 1 section, 144 new species, 4 subspecies and varieties, and 141 new combinations. Cooke received a Bachelor's degree in botany from the University of Cincinnati in 1932, and a Master of Science in 1939 at Oregon State University. After serving in the army during World War II, Cooke obtained a Ph.D. in 1950 from the Washington State University under the supervision of Rexford F. Daubenmire. With Charles Gardner Shaw he edited the exsiccata Reliquiae Suksdorfiana. Fungi collected by Wilhelm N. Suksdorf 1882-1927.
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