Marie Taylor (mycologist)

[2] Her master's thesis was entitled, A Study of the Life-History of Ourisia macrophylla (Hook.).

[2] She lived with her family in Oamaru and undertook numerous field trips from and around that location.

[1] Her final work Meanings and Origins of Botanical Names of New Zealand Plants was published in 2002 after her death.

[4] Taylor created an historically important private collection of New Zealand fungi.

[5] This was incorporated with the collections of Greta Stevenson and Barbara Segedin to form the basis of the New Zealand Fungarium.