Miles Joseph Berkeley

Miles Joseph Berkeley

Miles Joseph Berkeley (born April 1, 1803 in Biggin Hall , Northamptonshire , England , † July 30, 1889 in Sibbertoft near Market Harborough , Northamptonshire) was an English clergyman and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Berk. ".

Live and act

Berkeley studied theology in rugby and at Christ's College , Cambridge, and in 1825 received a bachelor's degree in the philosophy faculty at Cambridge University . Then he was curate in Apethorpe , from 1833 in Wood Newton and from 1868 in Sibbertontoft . In 1857 Berkeley was elected as a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy .

In addition to his spiritual activities, he was a zoologist and botanist and did research mainly in the field of mycology . Above all, he has made a contribution to the biology and ecology of mushrooms and has significantly shaped the terminology of mushroom science. In addition, he researched not only the fungal flora of England and continental Europe, but also those of non-European regions. The term " fungology " goes back to him.

In his series of articles " Decades of fungi " (1844–1856), mushrooms from different parts of the world are presented and many new species are described.

Honors

The algae genus Berkeleya Grev was named in his honor . and the mushroom genera Berkelella (Sacc.) Sacc. , Berkeleyna Kuntze and Berkleasmium Zobel .

Fonts

• (1836) The English Flora: volume 5, part 2
• (1837-1885) Notices of British fungi
• (1838) "On the fructification of the pileate and clavate tribes of hymenomycetous fungi" in Annals of natural history 1: 2 pp. 81-101
• (1839) "Description of exotic fungi in the collection of Sir WJ Hooker, from memoirs and notes of JF Klotzsch, with additions and corrections" in Annals of natural history 3 pp. 325-401
• (1840) "On the fructification of 99, Lycoperdon, 121, Phallus, and their allied genera" in Annals of natural history 4 pp. 155-159
• (1843) "Notices of some Brazilian fungi" in The London Journal of Botany 2 pp. 629-643
• (1844-1856) "Decades of Fungi" in Journal of Botany
• with Jean Pierre Francois and Camille Montagne (1849) "Centurie de plantes cellulaires exotiques nouvelles: 11.5" (One hundred exotic new non-vascular plants) in Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Botanique (Annals of Natural History. Botanical series.) 3:11 pp. 235-256
• with Moses Ashley Curtis (1849-1850) "Contributions to the mycology of North America" ​​in the American Journal of Science and Arts
• (1855-1860) The botany of the Antarctic voyage: Fungi
• (1857) Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany
• with Moses Ashley Curtis (1860) "Characters of new fungi, collected in the North Pacific exploring expedition by Charles Wright" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA 4 pp. 111-130
• (1860) Outlines of British Fungology
• with Moses Ashley Curtis (1869) "Fungi Cubenses" in The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 10 pp. 280-392
• (1872-1876) "Notices of North American Fungi" in Grevillea
• with Christopher Edmund Broome (1875) "Enumeration of the fungi of ceylon" in The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 14 pp. 29-140
• with Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1877) "The fungi of Brazil, including those collected by JWH Trail ... In 1874" in The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 15 p. 363

literature

• Dörfelt, Heinrich and Heike Heklau (1998): The history of mycology

Web links

• Author entry and list of described plant names for Miles Joseph Berkeley at the IPNI

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.