studies at the Forstbotanisches Institute in Munich, Germany
1910 appointed mycologist at the Kew Botanical Gardens
1920 collecting expedition to the Caribbean, with visits to the US and Canada
1921 head mycologist at Kew Botanical Gardens
Wakefield was an expert on the "resupinate Thelephoraceae", which I assume means the crusty things on wood that we've now split into so many different families.
Dörfelt & Heklau say that her trip to the Caribbean involved an official appointment at the Imperial Department of Agriculture in Barbados; Lloyd says it was just a travel grant.
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