Charles Christopher Frost

Charles Christopher Frost
Born (1805-11-01)November 1, 1805
Brattleboro, Vermont
Died March 16, 1880(1880-03-16) (aged 74)
Brattleboro, Vermont
Residence United States
Fields Botany, Mycology

Charles Christopher Frost (November 11, 1805 – March 16, 1880) was an American botanist. He described several species of fungi from the New England area of the United States.[1] In one paper, Frost described 22 new species of boletes,[2] and he was later credited with the discovery of three additional species.[3] His personal herbarium of specimens were given to the University of Vermont in 1902.[4] Portions of his collection today are distributed between the Farlow Herbarium at Harvard University, the New York State Museum, the Bell Museum of Natural History, and the Buffalo Museum of Science.[3]

Early life

Frost was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on November 11, 1805. His parents were shoemaker James Frost and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of an officer in the American Revolution. When he was fifteen, Frost left school after being hit with a ruler by a teacher, and assisted his father with his business. Although Frost had developed a prior interest in the natural sciences, his interest in botany grew after meeting with physician Willard Parker, who recommended Frost undertake botanical walks to alleviate the symptoms of his dyspepsia. Frost started studying the mosses and lichens he encountered on these walks. He later investigated fungi, particularly the bolete mushrooms.[5]

Eponymous taxa

Boletus frostii

Species described

References

  1. ↑ Dudley WR. (1886). "Charles Christopher Frost". Journal of Mycology. 2 (10): 114–8.
  2. ↑ "Catalogue of boleti of New England, with descriptions of new species". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 2: 100–5.
  3. 1 2 Halling RE. (1983). "Boletes described by Charles C. Frost". Mycologia. 75 (1): 70–92. doi:10.2307/3792925.
  4. ↑ "The boleti of the Frost herbarium". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 5: 517–26. 1908. doi:10.2307/2479107.
  5. ↑ Reid AMM. (1987). "Pioneer New England Bryologists – A prosopography". Occasional Papers of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany (19): 26–8.
  6. ↑ IPNI.  Frost.
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