Ivy Massee (9 October 1895 – 11 July 1951)[2] was an English mycologist, scientific illustrator and botanist.
Biography
editBorn to George Massee and Emily Jane Aldridge in 1895, she was one of six siblings.[2][3] Her father was a mycologist and was the first president of the British Mycological Society.[4] Massee's most notable contribution to mycology is the illustrations she produced for her father's book British Fungi: with a chapter on lichens. Massee completed forty illustrations for the book on coloured plates.[1]
Massee was also an active collector in the mycological field. During the annual meeting of the Mycological Committee held at North Yorkshire in 1913, she presented a paper on the Genus Mycena along with an array of micro structure illustrations. In this meeting she was proposed to join the committee.[3]
Massee is also recognised as a botanist, as she collected and painted plants. As part of her botany research, she produced a series of poplar illustrations for Augustine Henry which are now at Glasnevin.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Massee, George; Massee, Ivy. British fungi : with a chapter on lichens / by George Massee ; with forty coloured plates by Ivy Massee. London: G. Routledge.
- ^ a b "Ivy Massee 1895-1951 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ a b West-Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Society; Society, West-Riding Consolidated Naturalists'; Society, West-Riding Consolidated Naturalists'; Union, Yorkshire Naturalists'; Union, Yorkshire Naturalists' (1961). The naturalist. Vol. 86. London: Simpkin, Marshall.
- ^ West-Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Society; Society, West-Riding Consolidated Naturalists'; Society, West-Riding Consolidated Naturalists'; Union, Yorkshire Naturalists'; Union, Yorkshire Naturalists' (1913). The naturalist. Vol. 38. London: Simpkin, Marshall.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. Internet Archive. New York : Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.