| Name | Backus, Myron Port | 
| Date of birth | 1908  | 
| Date of death | 1988  | 
| Remarks | Charter member of the  Mycological Society of America [collector note: Wisconsin; WIS] | 
| ASA Botanist ID | 173899 botanist | 
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/550b6306-edc6-4d28-b7b6-5fcb19cdb6d1 | 
| Variant name | M. P. Backus | 
| Author name | Backus | 
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Backus | 
| Standard/Label Name | M. P. Backus | 
| Full Name | Backus, Myron Port | 
| Geography Collector | United States of America | 
| Specialty Author | FungiAndLichens | 
| Specialty Collector | Fungi | 
| Citation as Author |  Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 
| Citation as Author | Example of name published: Penicillium pinetorum M. Chr. & Backus 1962  | 
| Citation as Collector | specimen (FH) Puccinia malvacearum  | 
| Citation as Author | Biographic details Phytopathology. [American Phytopathological Society]. Ithaca | 
| Member of teams/groups |  | 
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by M. P. Backus | 
| Collections in | 1940 (1),  1941 (3) | 
| Collector Teams: | R. O. Novak & M. P. Backus   | 
| Author Teams: | R. O. Novak & Backus   |