Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: redding , connecticut    - fields: botany , mycology , pteridology    - death date: 16 november 1907      - birth date: 26 october 1853    - name: lucien marcus underwood    - nationality: american    - image: lucien underwood.jpg    - birth place: new woodstock , new york , usa   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lucien marcus underwood .
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lucien marcus underwood -lrb- october 26 , 1853 -- november 16 , 1907 -rrb- was an american botanist and mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries .