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He studied the botany of the Great Miami River, publishing in 1878 the Flora of the Miami River, Ohio. Morgan also showed particular interest in mycology and bryology.
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He investigated the flora of the Miami Valley in Ohio. While his interest included flowering plants, as noted by his Flora of the Miami Valley, Ohio, his special interest was in fungi. Morgan worked as a teacher in Dayton.
His mentor was the prominent American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd.
His correspondence with Lloyd is stored in the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati. Astraeus Morgan (1889)
Bovistella Morgan (1892)
Marasmius delectans Morgan (1905)
Pyrenomyxa (1896)
Several fungal species have been named in Morgan"s honor:
Agaricus morganii Peck 1879
Boletus morgani Peck 1883 (now Heimioporus betula)
Cantharellus morgani Peck (now Hygrophoropsis morganii)
Geastrum morganii Lloyd 1902
Hypoxylon morganii Ellis & Everh.
1892
Polyporus morgani Frost
Lepiota morgani Peck 1887 (now Chlorophyllum molybdites)
Marasmius morganianus Sumst. 1914
Morganella Zeller 1948
Peziza morganii Massee 1902
Physospora morganii Sacc.
& Traverso 1911
Polyporus morganii Frost 1879 (now Polyporus radicatus)
Russula morganii Sacc.
1887
Stemonitis morganii Peck 1880
Steccherinum morganii Banker 1906 (now Steccherinum reniforme)
Trametes morganii Lloyd 1919
Xylaria morganii Lloyd 1924.
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United States