Howard James Banker (April 19, 1866 in
Schaghticoke, New York[1] – November 13, 1940) was an American
mycologist. He received his PhD from
Columbia University in 1908. Banker was an associate editor of the journal Mycologia starting from its establishment in 1909, until it became the official publication of the
Mycological Society of America in 1933. He published several papers in the journal, including a revision of the North American
Hydnaceae, which discussed 62
species in 10
genera. Banker died at his home in
Huntington, New York, in 1940.[2] The genus Bankera is named after him.[3]
Selected publications
Banker JH. 1902. A Historical Review of the Proposed Genera of the Hydnaceae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 436–448
_________. 1909. A New Fungus of the Swamp Cedar. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 341–343
_________. 1912. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae II. The Genus Steccherinum. Mycologia, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 309–318
_________. 1912. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: I. The Genus Manina. Mycologia, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 271–278
_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: V. The Genus Hydnellum. Mycologia, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 194–205
_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae III. The Genus Sarcodon. Mycologia, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 12–17
_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: VI. The Genera Creolophus, Echinodontium, Gloiodon, and Hydnodon. Mycologia, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 293–298
_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: IV. The Genus Phellodon. Mycologia, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 62–66
_________. 1914. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: VII. The Genera Asterodon and Hydnochaete. Mycologia, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 231–234
_________. 1929. Notes on the Hydnaceae. Mycologia, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 145–150
^Coker WC, Beers AH. (1951). The Stipitate Hydnums of the Eastern United States. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. p. 33.