Martha Allen Sherwood

Martha Allen Sherwood
Born(1948-11-08)November 8, 1948
Eugene, Oregon, United States
DiedOctober 19, 2020(2020-10-19) (aged 71)
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Alma materUniversity of Oregon
Cornell University (PhD)
Known forCircumscribed the genus Xerotrema
SpouseLawrence Herbert Pike
Scientific career
FieldsMycology, Lichenology
InstitutionsFarlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University
Mycological Society of America
University of Liverpool
University of Oregon
ThesisThe ostropalean fungi (1977)

Martha Allen Sherwood (November 8, 1948 – October 19, 2020) was an American lichenologist and mycologist. She circumscribed the genus Xerotrema with Brian John Coppins and the genus Marthamyces is named after her.

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