G Beaton Collection

Gordon Beaton (1911-1988) was a self taught mycologist who worked from his home in Eildon and collaborated with Dr Gretna Weste for most of his 36 publications. Voucher specimens from these scientific works constitute the majority of his collection. Dr M.A. Rifai, a British mycologist who worked on many of Beaton's first collections, named a new species, Underwoodia beatonii, in Beaton's honour. An isotype of this is also housed in the University of Melbourne Herbarium collection. The Beaton collection includes approximately 650 fungal specimens, including many types (estimated at approximately 50). The collection includes microscope slides of most of the specimens and cards taxonomically and anatomically describing each specimen.

戈登·比顿（Gordon Beaton，1911-1988）是一位自学成才的真菌学家，于艾尔登（Eildon）的家中开展研究工作，其一生发表的36篇学术论文中，绝大多数均与格特纳·韦斯特（Gretna Weste）博士合作完成。上述科研成果对应的凭证标本构成了其藏品的主体。英国真菌学家M.A.里费（M.A. Rifai）博士曾研究比顿的首批多数藏品，并为致敬比顿命名了新物种Underwoodia beatonii。该物种的等模式标本同样馆藏于墨尔本大学标本馆（University of Melbourne Herbarium）藏品中。比顿藏品共计约650份真菌标本，其中估算包含约50份模式标本。该藏品涵盖绝大多数标本的显微玻片，以及用于对每份标本进行分类学与解剖学描述的记录卡片。