Ruth Ellen Berkeley

Ruth Ellen Berkeley
Ruth Ellen Berkeley
Born	1845; King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire
Died	16 June 1914 (aged 68); Devon, England
Nationality	English
Known for	botanical illustration

Ruth Ellen Berkeley (bapt. 1 October 1845^[2] – 16 June 1914) was an English mycologist, collector of fungi specimens and scientific botanical illustrator.^[3]^[4] She is known for her specimen collections as well as her illustrations of British fungi particularly in Mordecai Cubitt Cooke's book Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes).^[5] Her father, the mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley, named a fungal species Agaricus ruthae (now known as Pleurotus ruthae) in her honour.^[6]

Gallery

Ruth's illustration of the fungus that bears her name; her initials appear at bottom of the plate.

References

^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
^ Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
^ Berkeley, M. J.; Broome, C. E. (1882-03-01). "XXI.—Notices of British fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (51): 176–183. doi:10.1080/00222938209459019.
^ Berkeley, Rev M. J.; Broome, C. E. (1879-03-01). "XXIV.—Notices of British fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (15): 202–212.
^ Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt; Cooke, M. C. (1881). Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi". London: Williams and Norgate. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.31343.
^ Millman, Lawrence (2019). Fungipedia : a brief compendium of mushroom lore. Amy Jean Porter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-691-19538-4. OCLC 1103605862.

[probate-1] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995

[2] Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912

[3] Berkeley, M. J.; Broome, C. E. (1882-03-01). "XXI.—Notices of British fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (51): 176–183. doi:10.1080/00222938209459019.

[4] Berkeley, Rev M. J.; Broome, C. E. (1879-03-01). "XXIV.—Notices of British fungi". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (15): 202–212.

[5] Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt; Cooke, M. C. (1881). Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi". London: Williams and Norgate. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.31343.

[6] Millman, Lawrence (2019). Fungipedia : a brief compendium of mushroom lore. Amy Jean Porter. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-691-19538-4. OCLC 1103605862.

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