# Cornelius Lott Shear

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Cornelius Lott Shear Born 26 March 1865 Albany Died 2 February 1956 (aged 90) Alma mater University of Nebraska–Lincoln Occupation Botanist mycologist Spouse(s) Avis Morrison Sherwood (m. 1890-1950; her death) Children 6 Academic career Fields Mycology, botany, plant pathology Institutions United States Department of Agriculture Author abbrev. (botany) Shear

**Cornelius Lott Shear** (March 26, 1865 February 2, 1956) was an American [mycologist](/source/Mycology) and [plant pathologist](/source/Plant_pathologist) who served as a senior pathologist at the USDA Bureau of Plant Industry.[1]

Born in Coeyman's Hollow, [Albany County, New York](/source/Albany_County%2C_New_York), on March 26, 1865, Shear was the first to describe the grass *[Bromus arizonicus](/source/Bromus_arizonicus)*.[2] He was a pioneer in the study of pathogenic fungi who studied crop diseases and developed control measures for treatment of economically-important crops such as [cranberries](/source/Cranberries), [grapes](/source/Grapes) and [cotton](/source/Cotton).[1][3] Shear edited the [exsiccata](/source/Exsiccata) series *New York fungi*.[4][5] He played a pivotal role in creating the [American Phytopathological Society](/source/American_Phytopathological_Society), founded in 1908.[1][6]

The standard [author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(A)) Shear is used to indicate this person as the author when [citing](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) a [botanical name](/source/Botanical_name).[7]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Peterson_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Peterson_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Peterson_1-2) Peterson, Paul D.; Griffith, Clay S. (2000). ["C.L. Shear: Gifted Mycologist, Plant Pathologist, and APS Founder"](https://doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev.phyto.38.1.19). *[Annual Review of Phytopathology](/source/Annual_Review_of_Phytopathology)*. **38** (1). [Annual Reviews](/source/Annual_Reviews_(publisher)): 19–29. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2000AnRvP..38...19P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000AnRvP..38...19P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1146/annurev.phyto.38.1.19](https://doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev.phyto.38.1.19). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0066-4286](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0066-4286). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [11701834](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11701834). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [4865372](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4865372).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on Petitions To List *Bromus arizonicus* (Arizona brome) and *Nassella cernua* (nodding needlegrass) as Endangered| Federal Register Environmental Documents"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090828125329/http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2005/January/Day-25/e1261.htm). *[US EPA](/source/US_EPA)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2005/January/Day-25/e1261.htm) on August 28, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Stevenson_3-0)** Stevenson, John A. (1957). ["Cornelius Lott Shear"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3755640). *Mycologia*. **49** (2): 283–297. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/00275514.1957.12024643](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00275514.1957.12024643). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0027-5514](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0027-5514). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3755640](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3755640).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["New York fungi: IndExs ExsiccataID=598199427"](https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=598199427). *IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae*. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved September 10, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["New York fungi: IndExs ExsiccataID=123568296"](https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=123568296). *IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae*. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved September 10, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Cornelius Lott Shear profile"](https://www.apsnet.org/members/leadership/history/pioneeringplantpathologists/Pages/ShearCorneliusLott.aspx). *The American Phytopathological Society*. Retrieved March 20, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). [*Shear*](https://www.ipni.org/search?q=author%20std%3AShear).

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