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Ruth Ellen Berkeley

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]

Ruth Ellen Berkeley
Born1845
King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire
Died16 June 1914 (aged 68)[1]
Devon, England
NationalityEnglish
Known forbotanical illustration
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    Ruth's illustration of the fungus that bears her name; her initials appear at bottom of the plate.
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  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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