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Edith Katherine Cash (October 4, 1890 - April 6, 1992) was an American mycologist and lichenologist. She was born at Binghamton, New York to John Ferris Cash and Adella Knapp Cash. She graduated from George Washington University in 1912 with an AB degree in History and Languages and was the recipient of the Thomas F. Walsh prize for academic excellence.〔 〕 She was knowledgeable about European Literature, and according to the Catalogue from George Washington University, her major was in French with a minor in French and English. She studied as an assistant only one-night weekly during 6 months (October 1921 to May 1922) to obtain her formal mycology training, at the USDA Graduate School. She spent her entire research career in this institution. Cash started as Botanical Translator in 1913. After 11 years, she advanced from that position to junior Pathologist (1924). She obtained the position as assistant pathologist in 1929, after that as associate mycologist in 1944 and finally as mycologist in 1956.〔 Cash is remembered by her mycologist and botanist colleagues as a scholar and mentor to young people in their careers. As a professional, she was known for her attention to detail and accuracy, which propelled her to positions as an editor of scientific journals. She was the editor of the mycological section of ''Biological Abstract'' for many years, and the only person to complete three 5-years periods as a member on the editorial board of ''Mycology''.〔 Cash obtained the competitive US Government Superior Service Award in 1956〔 〕 for the word-wide fungus index which was used as the principal source for background information on fungus nomenclature and taxonomy. She was honored in the Gallery of Contemporary Noted Mycologists within three years of her retirement. Cash was a member of American Phytopathological Society, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, listed in ''American Men of Science'' in 1960, and a charter member of the Mycological Society of America.〔 Cash published 14 papers during her first decade as pathologist-mycologist, eleven of which were on Discomycetes, where she described 37 new species. Discomycetes are a former difficult taxonomic group inside of ascomycetes. Fungi that possess cup shape apothecia were known as Discomycetes. She also described many species from ''Sclerotinia'', promoting great interests in the study of this family.〔 During her research career, she described species of Discomycetes from many countries and other kinds of fungi. Her publications include the description of Discomycetes from California (Cash 1958), Hawaii (Cash 1938), Discomycetes and Hysteriales from Florida (Cash 1943), South America, India and fungi found on living orchids. Fungus specimens were collected at ports by inspectors of the Plant Quarantine Branch, Agricultural Research Services, United States of Agriculture, certain fungus species were reported for the first time on orchids (Cash and Watson 1955). She also published ''A Mycological English-Latin Glossary'' (Cash 1965). In addition to her publications, Cash described 134 new species of fungi, all reported in peer-reviewed scientific journals and identified over 11000 fungi specimens, including describing over 600 species of fungi and plants in Latin for her colleagues worldwide.〔 Cash retired on May 31, 1958, but continued working on her own research and preparing descriptions in Latin for her colleagues around the world. In 1975, Cash and her sister moved to Binghamton, New York, where she started teaching community members to enjoy and recognize local flowering plants. She never married and was 101 years old when she died on April 6, 1992. Her remains are in The Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington D.C. close to those of her older sister Lillian Claire Cash, who was a microbiologist.〔 ==Selected works== * Cash E. K. Some new Discomycetes from California. Mycologia: 642-656; 1958. * Cash E. K. Some New or Rare Florida Discomycetes and Hysteriales. Mycologia: 595-603; 1943. * Cash E. K. New records of Hawaiian Discomycetes. Mycologia 30: 97-107; 1938. * Cash E. K.; Watson A. J. Some fungi on Orchidaceae. Mycologia: 729-747; 1955. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edith Katherine Cash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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