MYCOLOGIA 
Vol. VI March, 1914 No. 2 
HENRY WILLEY,— A MEMOIR 
Bruce Fink 
The subject of our sketch .was born July 10, 1824, and died 
March 15, 1907. He was editor of a local newspaper, The 
Standard, at New Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1856 until 1900. 
In his vocation, he worked in obscurity. In his avocation, as a 
student of lichens, however, he was known to the botanists of two 
continents. Many American botanists are still living for whom 
he determined lichens a score of years or longer ago. He began 
the study of lichens about 1862 and continued until within a few 
years of the time of his death. 
Mr. Willey started in a small way by collecting and determining 
the lichens of New Bedford and vicinity, with the encouragement 
and aid of Edward Tuckerman. This local work culminated in 
1892, after thirty years of collecting and study, in “An Enumera- 
tion of the Lichens Found in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and 
its Vicinity from 1862 to 1892.” This publication embodies the 
results of the best piece of local work ever accomplished on 
American lichens, and would alone have given its author a place 
among students of lichens. The list contains nearly 500 species 
and subspecies, with copious notes. Probably very few of the 
lichens of the region, however minute or rare, escaped Mr. 
Willey’s notice. Seventeen new species are described. 
Mr. Willey’s first publication on lichens appeared in 1867, and 
his last in 1898. Twenty-six papers constitute his contribution to 
lichen literature. Besides this, six lists of lichens have appeared 
[Mycologia for January, 1914 (6: 1-47), was issued January 14, 1914]. 
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