11/6/85
Es macht mir grosse Freude, hochgeehrter Herr Professor, Ihnen mit dieser Post die diesjährige Algen Erndte des Hr Prof. J. Bracebridge Wilson aus der Western Port senden zu können, eben bei mir angelangt, N. 1-80, aber 36. vacat, auch einige von ihm benannte, darunter die prächtige Claudea, für welche seit 25 Jahren Western Port die einzige Localität an der Küste von Victoria geblieben ist.
Mr Wilson war während der Weihnachts & Neujahrs Ferien mit dem Schlepp-Apparat u eignem Boote aus wegen dieser Algen, hat also auch in diesem Jahre wieder deshalb bedeutende Mühe u Ausgaben gehabt; vielleicht können Sie ihn durch die Aufnahme als Correspond.-Mitglied in die alt-ehrwürdige physiographische Gesellschaft dort auszeichnen, u. so noch mehr zum Weiter-Sammeln ermuthigen.
Haben Sie etwas mit der Chlorocoryne gethan?
Unter Wilson's diesjährigen Algen sind mir mehrere ganz neu; leider hat er meistens nur einzelne Ex. gesandt.
Ich fertige eine Modell Sammlung essbarer austral Pilze für die London Colonial-Ausstellung an; dafür kommen mir die Icones selectae Hymenomycetum des berühmten Fries sehr zu Statten, welche die Akad. der Wissensch. in Stockholm herausgegeben hat, u welche ich käuflich erworben habe.
Sie ehrend und Ihnen Alles Gute wünschend
Ferd. von Mueller
11/6/85
It gives me great pleasure, highly esteemed Professor, to be able to send you with this mail this year's algal harvest of Professor J. Bracebridge Wilson from Western Port,1 just arrived at my place. Numbers 1-80, but 36 vacant, also some named by him, among them the splendid Claudea for which Western Port has remained the only locality on the coast of Victoria for the last 25 years.
Mr Wilson was out during the Christmas and New Year holidays with his trawling apparatus and his own boat for these algae, therefore has also this year again had significant trouble and expense because of that; perhaps you could honour him by acceptance of him as Corresponding Member in the honourable old physiographical society there, and so encourage even more to further collecting.2
Have you done anything with Chlorocoryne?3
Among this year's algae of Mr Wilson are several quite new to me; unfortunately he has sent mostly only single specimens.
I am making up a model collection of edible Australian fungi for the London Colonial Exhibition;4 for which the Icones selectae Hymenomycetum of the celebrated Fries, which the Academy of Science in Stockholm has published and which I have acquired by purchase,5 are very much of use.
Respectfully and wishing you every good thing.
Ferd. von Mueller
Claudea
Chlorocoryne
Vic.
Wilson was never elected a member of the Physiographical Society in Lund.
Chlorokoryne? However, this fresh water alga was only formally described in Pascher (1939), pp. 529-32, and may not be the organism for which M used Chlorocoryne.
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. In Class 11, 'General application of the arts of drawing and modelling', M had three exhibits, the first of which was 'Glass case containing 36 Wax Models of Victorian Fungs' (Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London 1886. Catalogue of exhibits in the Victorian court, 1886, Melbourne. p. 30.
A copy of Fries (1867-84) is in the Library at MEL.
Please cite as “FVM-85-06-11a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on