Flora Wambaugh Patterson [SEP] sex or gender
Flora Wambaugh Patterson
Flora Wambaugh Patterson (1847–1928) was an American mycologist, and the first female plant pathologist hired by the United States Department of Agriculture. She ran the US National Fungus Collections for almost thirty years, radically growing the collection and shaping its direction, and supervised or discovered numerous significant fungal diseases.
Life.
Flora Wambaugh was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Sarah Sells (Wambaugh) and Methodist minister A. B. Wambaugh. She studied fungi as a hobby in her childhood. 
She attended Antioch
Mushrooms and other common fungi. USDA Bulletin No. 175.
- Patterson, F. W., and Charles, V. K. 1917. Some common edible and poisonous mushrooms. USDA Farmer’s Bulletin No. 796
Further research.
- Rossman, A.Y. 2002. "Flora W. Patterson: The first woman mycologist at the USDA", "The Plant Health Instructor". DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2002-0815-01.
- Charles, V. K. 1929. "Mrs. Flora Wambaugh Patterson." (