Edwin Butterworth Mains - Knowledge (XXG)

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Mains described a total of 80 new species, two new form, eleven new varieties, and made 20 new combinations of species. As of 2014, 55 of his species, both new forms, two varieties, and 18 recombinations are still accepted (having not been assigned to another genus or reduced to synonymy under

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in 1916. He married Mary Esther Elder on 16 August 1917 in East Lansing, Michigan. Mains was appointed acting director of the University of Michigan Herbarium following the illness of C.H. Kauffman in 1930 and was named director in 1931. Mains remained at the University of Michigan, both as a

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professor and as director of the Herbarium, until his retirement in 1960. Mains served as chair of the Department of Botany at Michigan during World War II. Mains remained in Ann Arbor following his retirement and died of a heart attack on 23 December 1968.

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While at Michigan, Mains was active in the Ann Arbor Garden Club. Mains was highly interested in photography and was a noted and exhibited photographer of nature. Mains was prominent in the development and use of color photography in mycological education.

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in 1938, and president in 1942. Mains also served the Mycological Society of America as a counselor from 1943-1944. Mains and C.L. Lundell investigated the flora of the high rain forest and mountain pine ridge in the southern

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and the Geoglossaceae. Mains' collections and research greatly enriched the University of Michigan Herbarium, which developed "from a position of obscurity to one of international prominence" under his directorship.

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Mains' lineage of North American mycologists is large and widespread. Brodie, Fisher, Imshaug, Lowe, and Smith all mentored a number of students, including

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Holway, E.W.D.; Arthur, J.C. (1918). "Uredinales of Guatemala based on collections by E.W.D. Holway. II. Aecidiaceae, exclusive of

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while investigating the parasite-host relationships of various rust fungi. He was appointed Assistant Botanist at the

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previously published names). Mains also described five genera, three of which were later reduced to synonymy.

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Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles

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Mains belongs to the C.H. Kauffman Lineage of American mycologists. Kauffman himself was influenced by

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in 1911. He earned his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Michigan in 1916 under the tutelage of

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1928 (Published in 1929). ———. "Observations concerning disease of iris and tulips".

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1929. ———. "Physiologic specialization and species development and nomenclature".

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1926. Mains EB, Leighty CE, Johnston CO. "Inheritance of resistance to leaf rust,

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1936 (Published in 1937). ———. "Rusts from the lower Rio Grande valley, Texas".

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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1929. Arthur JC, Kern FD, Orton CR, Fromme FD, Jackson HS, Mains EB, Bisby GR.

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Proclamations of the Internal Congress of Plant Sciences, Ithaca, New York 1926

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1927 (Published in 1928). Mains EB. "Observations concerning clover diseases".

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1926. ———, Jackson HS. "Physiologic specialisation in the leaf rust of Wheat,

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1926. Mains EB. "Rye resistant to leaf rust, stem rust, and powdery mildew".

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Mains' early professional career was dedicated to the study of plant rusts (

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Mains authored or coauthored more than 90 research publications and books:

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1925. Whetzel HH, Jackson HS, Mains EB. "The composite life history of

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1924. Mains EB, Jackson HS. "Aecial stage of the leaf rust of rye,

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Raciborski, M. (1909). "Über einige javanische Uredinae (Moose)".

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1923. Mains EB, Jackson HS. "Strains of the leaf rust of wheat,

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