Wehl, Marie Magdalene Miss (1862 - 1960)

Born in SA, 6 August 1862; died in Perth, WA, 1960.

One of fifteen children, to Eduard Wehl (1823-1876), physician and settler, and CLARA CHRISTINA MARIA née MUELLER (1833-1901). The family settled at Mount Gambier, but moved to 'Ehrenbreitstein', near Millicent in 1871.

Marie was a wildflower artist, and collected MEL specimens (including fungi) in SA at Lake Bonney, 1887; and in Qld at Surat, 1891-1892; and the upper Balonne River, 1894-1896.

Marie collected type specimens of:

Agaricus olivaceoalbus Cooke & Massee (1887),
Agaricus ozes var. crassipes Cooke & Massee (1887),
Agaricus subcorticalis Cooke & Massee (1887),
Agaricus australis Cooke & Massee (1887),
Agaricus wehlianus F.Muell. (1887), named for her,
Agaricus olidus Cooke & Massee (1887),
Agaricus limonius Cooke & Massee (1887) and
Panus carbonarius Cooke& Massee (1887).

Marie's parents, and her sisters LOUISE and META WEHL, also collected MEL specimens.

Marie did not marry, and died in 1960 in her 98th year at Perth, WA.

Source: extracted from: Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32 [consult for source references]
Portrait Photo: from Apendix 1, Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32