Curtis Gates Lloyd

Curtis Gates Lloyd
Born(1859-07-17)July 17, 1859
DiedNovember 11, 1926(1926-11-11) (aged 67)
NationalityAmerican
Known forContribution to knowledge of the Gasteromycetes
RelativesJohn Uri Lloyd (brother)
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
Author abbrev. (botany)Lloyd

Curtis Gates Lloyd (July 17, 1859 – November 11, 1926) was an American mycologist known for both his research on the gasteroid and polypore fungi, as well as his controversial views on naming conventions in taxonomy. He had a herbarium with about 60,000 fungal specimens, and described over a thousand new species of fungi.[1] Along with his two brothers John Uri Lloyd and Nelson Ashley Lloyd, he founded the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati.

  1. ^ Blackwell WH, Powell MJ. (1996). "An analysis of works of, and upon, Curtis Gates Lloyd." Mycotaxon 53: 353–374.