Burlingham, Gertrude Simmons, 1872-1952.

Gertrude Simmons Burlingham was a mycologist specializing in Lactarius and Russula. She donated her herbarium to the New York Botanical Garden. She was born in Mexico, N.Y. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1898 and earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1908. She taught biology in high schools in Binghamton, N.Y. and at Eastern District High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her field work took her to Vermont, the Pacific Coast states, Denmark and Sweden. She died in 1952 at Winter Park, Fla.

From the description of Gertrude Simmons Burlingham papers, 1904-1947. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155462313

From the description of Gertrude Simmons Burlingham papers 1904-1947. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 42396483