The Herbarium's collection was established in 1837.[3]Asa Gray was appointed Professor of Botany and Zoology in 1838.[3] Collections were moved to the Main Building (later Mason Hall) in 1841.[7] The first published research paper based on the university's botanical holdings came in 1877, when a paper by Professor Mark W. Harrington was published in theBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society.[3][8]
MycologistAlexander H. Smith spent his entire career at the University of Michigan Herbarium, and was its longtime director.
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