Andrew Price Morgan
Andrew Price Morgan (27 October 1836 – 19 October 1907) was an American debater. 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. 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. A.P. Morgan was a mentor to the prominent American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd. His correspondence with Lloyd  is stored in the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati. Lloyds portion of the correspondence is stored in the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa state university. Morgans collection of preserved fungi can also be found at the Ada Hayden Herbarium along with Laura Morgans gouache illustrations of fungi that could not be preserved. Family. Morgan married scientific illustrator and collector Laura Matilda Vail in 1870. Eponymous taxa. Several fungal species have been named in Morgan's honor: In honor of his wife, Morgan named "Hygrophorus laurae", currently known as "Limacium laurae" (Morgan) Singer.