Anna Maria Hussey [SEP] sex or gender
Berkeley also named an agaric species, illustrated in volume two of "Illustrations of British Mycology", "Cortinarius reediae", after Frances Reed. Their specimens of fungi sent to Berkeley are now in the mycological herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Recent exhibition and publications.
In recent years, Anna Maria Hussey has attracted attention as a Victorian, female, scientific illustrator and was one of twelve such artists featured in a 2005 'Women's Work' exhibition staged in the United States by the Linda Hall
Anna Maria Hussey
Anna Maria Hussey, "née" Reed (5 June 1805 – 26 August 1853) was a British mycologist, writer, and illustrator.
Family and background.
Anna Maria Reed was born in Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, one of seven children of Rev. John Theodore Archibald Reed, rector of Leckhampstead, and Anna Maria Dayrell. 
In 1831, she married Rev. Dr Thomas John Hussey, rector of Hayes, Kent, who was a well-connected astronomer. They had six children, one of