{{Short description|American mycologist (1866–1940)}} '''Howard James Banker''' (April 19, 1866 in Schaghticoke, New York<ref name=Marquis1926>[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/216/mode/2up BANKER, Howard James], in ''Who's Who in America'', p. 216; 1926 edition; via archive.org</ref> – November 13, 1940) was an American mycologist. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1908. Banker was an associate editor of the journal ''Mycologia'' starting from its establishment in 1909, until it became the official publication of the Mycological Society of America in 1933. He published several papers in the journal, including a revision of the North American Hydnaceae, which discussed 62 species in 10 genera. Banker died at his home in Huntington, New York, in 1940.<ref name="Barnhart 1941"/> The genus ''Bankera'' is named after him.<ref name="Coker 1951"/>

==Selected publications== *Banker JH. 1902. A Historical Review of the Proposed Genera of the Hydnaceae. ''Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club'', Vol. 29, No. 7, pp.&nbsp;436–448 *_________. 1909. A New Fungus of the Swamp Cedar. ''Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club'', Vol. 36, No. 6, pp.&nbsp;341–343 *_________. 1912. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae II. The Genus ''Steccherinum''. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 4, No. 6, pp.&nbsp;309–318 *_________. 1912. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: I. The Genus ''Manina''. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 4, No. 5, pp.&nbsp;271–278 *_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: V. The Genus ''Hydnellum''. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 5, No. 4, pp.&nbsp;194–205 *_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae III. The Genus ''Sarcodon''. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.&nbsp;12–17 *_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: VI. The Genera ''Creolophus'', ''Echinodontium'', ''Gloiodon'', and ''Hydnodon''. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 5, No. 6, pp.&nbsp;293–298 *_________. 1913. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: IV. The Genus ''Phellodon''. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.&nbsp;62–66 *_________. 1914. Type Studies in the Hydnaceae: VII. The Genera ''Asterodon'' and ''Hydnochaete''. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 6, No. 5, pp.&nbsp;231–234 *_________. 1929. Notes on the Hydnaceae. ''Mycologia'', Vol. 21, No. 3, pp.&nbsp;145–150

{{botanist|Banker|Banker, Howard James}}

==See also== *List of mycologists

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Barnhart 1941">{{cite journal |author=Barnhart JH. |year=1941 |title=Howard James Banker (1866–1940) |journal=Mycologia |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=341–343 |doi=10.1080/00275514.1941.12020824 |jstor=3754885 }}</ref>

<ref name="Coker 1951">{{cite book |author=Coker WC, Beers AH. |title=The Stipitate Hydnums of the Eastern United States |year=1951 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |location=Chapel Hill, North Carolina |page=33}}</ref>

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