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Ethel Irene McLennan

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From 1931 to 1955, she was an associate professor of botany at the University of Melbourne; her research areas particularly included fungal symbioses and endophytes and also the fungal flora of soils. McLennan was acting head of the Biology department from 1937 to 1938. In collaboration with
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colleagues during the Second World War, she contributed to improvements to the utility of optical instruments in tropical regions, where fungi were prone to cause defects. She retired in 1955; from 1956 to 1972, she was part-time keeper of the university herbarium.
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The endophytic fungus of Lolium II. The mycorrhiza on the roots of Lolium temulentum, L, with a discussion on the physiological relationships of the organism concerned.
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In 1929, McLennan was chair of the Australian Pan-Pacific Women's Committee and, in 1934, she was president of the Australian Federation of University Women.
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and plant-fungal relationships. However, she was also one of the illustrators of The Flora of the Northern Territories (1917).
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Turner, JS; McLennan, EI; Rogers, JS; Matthaei, E (1946). "Tropic-proofing of optical instruments by a fungicide".
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University of Melbourne; Rothamsted Agricultural Experimental Station; Imperial College of Science and Technology
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The uses of dyes in culture media for distinguishing brown and white wood-rotting fungi.
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and was educated at the Tintern Church of England Girls' Grammar School in
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The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
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Turner, J. S., McLennan, E. I., Rogers, J. S. and Matthaei, E. (1946)
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The daughter of George McLennan and Eleanor Tucker, she was born in
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She was author or co-author of at least 17 publications including:
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Fungus spores found in the air in Melbourne (Victoria) Australia.
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fellowship in 1925 which allowed her to pursue research at the
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The ecology of the soil fungi of an Australian heathland.
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Tropic-Proofing of Optical Instruments by a Fungicide.
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European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Ethel McLennan
Williamstown
Melbourne
Mycology
Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)
botanist
mycologist

botanical illustration
Commelina ciliata
Williamstown, Victoria
Hawthorn
BSc
University of Melbourne
mycology
DSc
International Federation of University Women
Rothamsted Agricultural Experimental Station
Imperial College of Science and Technology
David Syme Research Prize
Melbourne
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
Fungus spores found in the air in Melbourne (Victoria) Australia.
Gastrodia sesamoides R. Br. and its endophyte
The ecology of the soil fungi of an Australian heathland.
The uses of dyes in culture media for distinguishing brown and white wood-rotting fungi.
Tropic-Proofing of Optical Instruments by a Fungicide.

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