Mason Ellsworth Hale

Mason Ellsworth Hale, Jr., (23 September 1928 – 23 April 1990), U.S. lichenologist.

IPNI standard form: Hale

Lichen Curator U.S. National Herbarium Smithsonian Institution

Taxon names authored

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• 549 taxon names authored by Mason Ellsworth Hale

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Mason Ellsworth Hale

Publications

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1960s

• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1960. A revision of the South American species of Parmelia determined by Lynge. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 36(1): 1–41. BHL Reference page. 
• Wirth, M. & Hale, M.E., Jr. 1963. The lichen family Graphidaceae in Mexico. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 36(3): 63–119. BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1964. The Parmelia conspersa Group in North America and Europe. The Bryologist 67(4): 462–473. DOI: 10.2307/3240773 . Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1965. A monograph of Parmelia subgenus Amphigymnia. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 36(5): 193–358. BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. & Culberson, W.L. 1966. A Third Checklist of the Lichens of the Continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 69(2): 141–182.   RLL List # 60 / Rec.# 7369 – Recent Literature on Lichens JSTOR DOI: 10.2307/3240509 Reference page. 

1970s

• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1971. Parmelia permaculata, a new lichen from Alabama and Mexico. Phytologia 21(6): 425. RLL List # 89 / Rec.# 7445 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1971. Five new Parmeliae from tropical America. Phytologia 22(1): 30–35. RLL List # 80 / Rec.# 7440 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1971. Two new species of Parmelia (Lichens) from North America. Phytologia 22(2): 92–93. RLL List # 81 / Rec.# 7448 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1971. New Parmeliae (Lichenes) from Africa. Phytologia 22(2): 94–96. RLL List # 81 / Rec.# 7443 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1971. Typification of Parmelia dolosa Des Abbayes (Lichenes). Phytologia 22(3): 137–138. RLL List # 89 / Rec.# 7450 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1971. Parmelia affluens, a new species of lichen in subgenus Amphigymnia with a yellow medulla. Phytologia 22(3): 141–142. RLL List # 89 / Rec.# 7444 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1971. Modern-Smithsonian Expedition to Dominica: The Lichens (Parmeliaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 4: 1–25. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.4 . hdl: 10088/6981 . Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. & Wirth, M. 1971. Notes on Parmelia Subgenus Everniiformes with descriptions of six new species. Phytologia 22(1): 36–40. RLL List # 80 / Rec.# 7376 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1972. New species of Parmelia Sect. Hypotrachyna (Lichenes). Phytologia 22(6): 433–438. RLL List # 89 / Rec.# 7453 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1972. Parmelia jamesii, an unusual species in Section Imbricaria (Lichenes) from Australia and New Zealand. Phytologia 23(1): 179. RLL List # 90 / Rec.# 7455 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1972. Six new species of Parmelia (Lichenes) from Africa. Phytologia 23(4): 343–349. RLL List # 89 / Rec.# 7457 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1973. Studies on the lichen family Thelotremataceae. 1. Phytologia 26(6): 413–420. RLL List # 90 / Rec.# 7461 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1973. New Parmeliae (Lichens) from Africa. 2. Phytologia 27(1): 1–6. RLL List # 90 / Rec.# 7460 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1973. Fine Structure of the Cortex in the Lichen Family Parmeliaceae Viewed with the Scanning-Electron Microscope. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 10: 1–92. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.10 . hdl: 10088/6980 . Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1974. Studies on the lichen family Thelotremataceae. 2. Phytologia 27(6): 490–501. RLL List # 90 / Rec.# 7469 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1974. New species of Parmelia (Lichens) from tropical America 1. Phytologia 28(3): 265–271. RLL List # 91-45 / Rec.# 7467 – Recent Literature on Lichens BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1974. Modern-Smithsonian Expedition to Dominica: The Lichens (Thelotremataceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 16: 1–46. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.16 . hdl: 10088/6979 . Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1975. A Monograph of the Lichen Genus Relicina (Parmeliaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 26: 1–32. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.26 . hdl: 10088/6978 . Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1975. Studies on the lichen family Thelotremataceae. 3. Mycotaxon 3(1): 173–181. RLL List # 95 / Rec.# 7474 – Recent Literature on Lichens CYBERLIBER Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1976. A Monograph of the Lichen Genus Bulbothrix Hale (Parmeliaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 32: 1–29. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.32 . hdl: 10088/6975 . Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1976. A Monograph of the Lichen Genus Parmelina Hale (Parmeliaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 33: 1–60. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.33 . hdl: 10088/6976 . Reference page. 
• Wirth, M. & Hale, M.E., Jr. 1978. Morden-Smithsonian Expedition to Dominica: The Lichens (Graphidaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 40: 1–64. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.40 . hdl: 10088/7031 . Reference page. 

1980s

• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1980. Taxonomy and distribution of the Parmelia flaventior group (lichens: Parmeliaceae). Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 47: 75–84. RLL List # 116-42 / Rec.# 7359 – Recent Literature on Lichens Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1981. A revision of the lichen family Thelotremataceae in Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany series 8(3): 227–332. BHL Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1981. Pseudocyphellae and Pored Epicortex in the Parmeliaceae: Their Delimitation and Evolutionary Significance. The Lichenologist 13(1): 1–10. RLL List # 109-29 / Rec.# 7365 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.1017/S0024282981000030 Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1984. New species of Xanthoparmelia (Vain.) Hale (Ascomycotina: Parmeliaceae). Mycotaxon 20: 73–79.   (RLL List # 120-63 / Rec.# 7497 - Recent Literature on Lichens)
• Hale, M.E. 1986. New species in the lichen family Parmeliaceae (Ascomycotina). Mycotaxon 25(1): 85–93. Cyberliber (Online) Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E. 1986. Arctoparmelia, a new genus in the Parmeliaceae (Ascomycotina). Mycotaxon 25(1): 251–254. Cyberliber (Online) Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1989. New species in the lichen genus Xanthoparmelia (Ascomycotina: Parmeliaceae). Mycotaxon 34(2): 541–564. RLL List # 137 / Rec.# 7514 – Recent Literature on Lichens CYBERLIBER Reference page. 
• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1989. A new lichen genus, Psiloparmelia Hale (Ascomycotina: Parmeliaceae). Mycotaxon 35(1): 41–44. RLL List # 138 / Rec.# 7513 – Recent Literature on Lichens CYBERLIBER Reference page. 
• Nagarkar, M.B. & Hale, M.E., Jr. 1989. New species in the lichen family Thelotremataceae from Asia (Ascomycotina). Mycotaxon 35(2): 437–447. RLL List # 138 / Rec.# 13272 – Recent Literature on Lichens CYBERLIBER Reference page. 
• Park, Y.-S. & Hale, M.E., Jr. 1989. Hypotrachyna osseoalba, the Correct Name for Hypotrachyna formosana (Parmeliaceae: Lichenized Ascomycotina). Taxon 38(1): 88. RLL List # 139 / Rec.# 14203 – Recent Literature on Lichens DOI: 10.2307/1220900 Reference page. 

1990s

• Hale, M.E., Jr. 1990. A Synopsis of the Lichen Genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 74: 1–250. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.74 . hdl: 10088/6971 . Reference page. 

External links

• Obituary in NY Times
• Washington Biologists' Field Club: Biography of Mason Ellsworth Hale, Jr.
• Lawrey, J.D. (1990) Obituary: Mason Ellsworth Hale, Jr. The Lichenologist 22: 405–407. [1]
• Brief memorium in Plant Science Bulletin
• Brodo, I.M. (2000) Lichenology in the American Bryological and Lichenological Society -- 1899-1999. The Bryologist 103(1): 15–27. [2] (Paragraph on Mason Hale: p. 23; photo: p. 24, fig. 17)