William Bridge Cooke (July 16, 1908 – December 30, 1991) was an American mycologist.
Cooke also published many fungal taxa: 3 subfamilies, 10 genera, 1 section, 144 new species, 4 subspecies and varieties, and 141 new combinations.
After serving in the army during World War II, Cooke obtained a Ph.D. in 1950 from the Washington State University under the supervision of Rexford F. Daubenmire.
With Charles Gardner Shaw he edited the exsiccata Reliquiae Suksdorfiana.
[2] Several taxa have been named in Cooke's honor: the fungi Bricookea M.E.Barr, Bridgeoporus T.J.Volk, Burds.