Charles Horton Peck | |
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Born | Sand Lake, New York, USA | March 30, 1833
Died | July 11, 1917 Menands, New York, USA | (aged 84)
Resting place | Sand Lake Union Cemetery |
Known for | Identifying over 2,700 new species of fungi |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mycology |
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Charles Horton Peck (March 30, 1833 – July 11, 1917) 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 2,700 species of North American fungi.[1][2]