Canadian botanist (1894- 1987).
Irene Mounce was a Canadian scientist who specialized in the mating systems of wood-destroying fungi, Hymenomycetes. She was a mycologist at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, with Canada's federal department of agriculture (now Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). Her diligence and insight broke new ground in mycology and her successes made the way easier for other members of her sex.