Charles Horton Peck

Charles Horton Peck, born March 30, 1833 in Sand Lake, New York, died 1917 in Albany, New York, was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2700 species of North American fungi.Gilbertson, RL. (1962). Index to species and varieties of fungi described by C.H. Peck from 1909 to 1915. Mycologia 54(5):460-5.

Species of mushroom he described include:

• Agaricus abruptibulbus
• Agaricus abscondens
• Agaricus abundans
• Agaricus acericola
• Agaricus adirondackensis
• Agaricus admirabilis
• Agaricus aggericola
• Agaricus albissimus
• Agaricus albocrenulatus
• Agaricus alboflavidus
• Agaricus albogriseus
• Agaricus alboides
• Agaricus alluviinus
• Agaricus amabilipes
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