# Alexander Hanchett Smith

Alexander Hanchett Smith (12 de diciembre de 1904 – 12 de diciembre de 1986) fue un naturalista y micólogo estadounidense.
Su esposa, Helen Vendler Smith, y su hija, Nancy Smith Weber, también fueron micólogas.

## Obra
### Algunas publicaciones

* Smith; AH. 1939. "Studies on the genus Cortinarius: I" en Contr. of the University of Michigan Herbarium 2 p. 1 - 42
* Snell, WH & AH Smith. 1940. "B. longicurvipes article" en J. Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 56 p. 325
* Smith, AH. 1941. "Studies of North American agarics: I." en Contr. of the University of Michigan Herbarium 5 p. 1 - 73
* Singer, R. & AH Smith. 1943. "A Monograph of the Genus Leucopaxillus" en Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences 28 p. 85 - 132
* Smith, AH. 1944. "Interesting North American agarics" en Bull. Torrey Botanical Club 71 pp. 390 - 409
* Smith, A.H. & R Singer. 1945. "A monograph of the genus Cystoderma" en Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences 30 p. 71 - 124
* Singer, R & AH Smith. 1946. "Proposals concerning the nomenclature of the gill fungi including a list of proposed lectotypes and genera conservanda" en Mycologia 38 p. 240 - 299
* Smith, AH. 1947. North American Species of Mycena
* Smith, AH. 1949. Mushrooms in their Natural Habitats 626 p.
* Smith, AH. 1951. "The North American species of Naematoloma" en Mycologia 43 pp. 467 - 521
* Smith, AH. 1951. Puffballs and their allies in Michigan
* Smith, AH. 1957. "A contribution towards a monograph of Phaeocollybia" en Brittonia 9 pp. 195 - 217
* Smith, AH & R Singer. 1959. "Studies in Secotiaceous Fungi: IV. Gastroboletus, Truncocolumella, Chamonixia" en Brittonia 11 pp. 205 - 223
* Smith, AH. 1960. "Tricholomopsis in the Western Hemisphere" en Brittonia 12 pp. 41-76
* Singer, R & AH Smith. 1960. "Studies in Secotiaceous Fungi: IX. The Astrogastraceous Series" en Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 21 pp. 1-112
* Smith, AH. 1963. Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide. 264 pp.
* Hesler, LR & AH Smith. 1963. North American Species of Hygrophorus
* Smith, AH & HD Thiers. 1964. A contribution towards a monograph of North American species of Suillus
* Hesler, LR & AH Smith. 1965. North American species of Crepidotus
* Smith, AH; OK Miller, Jr. & HD Thiers. 1965. "The species of Suillus and Fuscoboletinus of Priest River Experimental Forest and Vicinity, Priest River, Idaho" en Lloydia 28 pp. 120 - 138
* Smith, AH; HD Thiers & R Watling. 1967. "Leccinum snellii article" en Michigan Botany 6 pp. 120 - 121
* Smith, AH & LR Hesler. 1968. The North American species of Pholiota
* Smith, AH & HD Thiers. 1968. "Tylopilus chromapes article" en Mycologia 60 p. 948
* Thiers, HD & AH Smith. 1969. "Hypogeous Cortinarii" en Mycologia 61 pp. 526 - 536
* Smith, AH & HD Thiers. 1971. The Boletes of Michigan
* Smith, AH. 1972. "The North American species of Psathyrella" en NY Bot.Garden Mycological Memoir 24
* Smith, AH & JM Trappe. 1972. "The higher fungi of Oregon's Cascade Head Experimental Forest and Vicinity: I" en Mycologia 64 pp. 1138 - 1153
* Smith, AH. 1975. A Field Guide to Western Mushrooms
* Smith, AH & HD Thiers. 1975. The Boletus of Michigan
* Ammirati, JF & AH Smith. 1977. "Studies in the genus Cortinarius: II: Section Dermocybe, new North American species" en Mycotaxon 5 pp. 381 - 397
* Mitchel, DH & AH Smith. 1978. "Notes on Colorado fungi: III: New & interesting mushrooms from the aspen zone" en Mycologia 70 pp. 1040 - 1063
* Smith, AH; HV Smith & NS Weber. 1979. How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms
* Smith, AH. 1979. "The Stirps Caligata of Armilaria in North America" en Sydowia 8 pp. 368 - 377
* Hesler, LR & A.H. Smith. 1979. North American Species of Lactarius
* Smith, AH & NS Weber. 1980. The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide
* Smith, AH; HV Smith & NS Weber. 1981. How to Know the Non-Gilled Mushrooms 2ª ed.
* Smith, AH; VS Evenson & DH Mitchel. 1983. The veiled species of Hebeloma in the Western United States
* Weber, NS & AH Smith. 1985. A Field Guide to Southern Mushrooms 1ª ed.

### Especies de hongos identificados

* Boletus campestris Thiers & A.H.Sm.
* Boletus longicurvipes Snell & A.H.Sm.
* Boletus pseudosensibilis Thiers & A.H.Sm.
* Clitocybe irina (Fries) H.E.Bigelow & A.H.Sm.
* Clitocybe nuda (Fries) A.H.Sm. & H.E.Bigelow
* Cortinarius marylandensis Ammirati & A.H.Sm.
* Craterellus fallax A.H.Sm.
* Cystoderma amianthinum var. rugosoreticulatum (F.Lorinser) Singer & A.H.Sm.
* Cystoderma fallax A.H.Sm. & Singer
* Cystoderma granosum (A.P.Morgan) Singer & A.H.Sm.
* Galerina autumnalis (Peck) Singer & A.H.Sm.
* Gymnopilus spectabilis (Fries) A.H.Sm.
* Hygrophorus acutoconicus (Clem.) A.H.Sm.
* Hygrophorus bakerensis A.H.Sm. & Hesler
* Hygrophorus flavescens (Kauffman) A.H.Sm. & Hesler
* Hygrophorus marginatus var. olivasceus A.H.Sm. & Hesler
* Hygrophorus subsalmonius A.H.Sm. & Hesler
* Lactarius argillaceifolius A.H.Sm. & Hesler
* Lactarius cinereus A.H.Sm. & Hesler
* Lactarius quietus Hesler & A.H.Sm.
* Lactarius thyinos A.H.Sm.
* Lactarius vinaceorufescens A.H.Sm.
* Leccinum holopus var. americanum A.H.Sm. & Thiers
* Leccinum snellii Thiers, Watling & A.H.Sm.
* Leucopaxillus laterarius (Peck) Singer & A.H.Sm.
* Mycena atkinsoniana A.H.Sm.
* Mycena griseoviridis A.H.Sm.
* Pholiota highlandensis (Peck) Hesler & A.H.Sm.
* Pholiota veris (A.H.Sm. & Singer) Hesler & A.H.Sm.
* Phylloporus rhodoxanthus var. silvicola A.H.Sm.
* Psathyrella conissans (Peck) A.H.Sm.
* Psathyrella delineata (Peck) A.H.Sm.
* Psathyrella foenisecii (Persoon: Fries) A.H.Sm.
* Psathyrella rugocephala (G.F.Atk.) A.H.Sm.
* Psathyrella septentrionalis A.H.Sm.
* Tylopilus chromapes (Frost) Thiers & A.H.Sm.
* Tylopilus rubrobruneus Mazzer & A.H.Sm.
* Xeromphalina kaufmannii A.H.Sm.
* Xeromphalina tenuipes (Schwein.) A.H.Sm.

## Honores

* 1967 – Galardón por contribuciones a la micología amateur de la North American Mycological Association
* 1969 – Certificado de Mérito – Botanical Society of America
* 1982 – "Micólogo Distinguido" – Mycological Society of America

### Eponimia

Smithiogaster Wright; Smithiomyces Singer; Agaricus smithii Kerrigan; Agrocybe smithii; Alpova alexsmithii Trappe (hoy Rhizopogon alexsmithii); Amanita smithiana Bas; Boletopsis smithii K.A.Harrison; Boletus smithii Thiers; Astraeus smithii.

## Bibliografía

* «Alexander Hanchett Smith (1904-1986)». Illinois Mycological Association (www.ilmyco.gen.chicago.il.us). Archivado desde el original el 11 de marzo de 2008.
* La abreviatura «A.H.Sm.» se emplea para indicar a Alexander Hanchett Smith como autoridad en la descripción y clasificación científica de los vegetales.