Ruth Ellen Berkeley (bapt. 1 October 1845 – 16 June 1914) was an English mycologist, collector of fungi specimens and scientific botanical illustrator. 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)''. Her father, the mycologist

Miles Joseph Berkeley Miles Joseph Berkeley (1 April 1803 – 30 July 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology. Life Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Benefield, Northamptonshire, and educated a ...

, named a fungal species ''Agaricus ruthae'' (now known as ''

Pleurotus ruthae ''Pleurotus'' is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, '' P. ostreatus''. Species of ''Pleurotus'' may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edib ...

'') in her honour.

Gallery

File:Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi" (Pl. 178) (6056233460).jpg, alt=lithographic plate in color, showing 5 views of two varieties of mushrooms Agaricus Pleurotus, fanned out and side views, illustrated by Miles Joseph Berkeley (top) and Ruth Ellen Berkeley (bottom), Ruth's illustration of the fungus that bears her name; her initials appear at bottom of the plate. File:Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi" (Pl. 119) (8163911991).jpg File:Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi" (Pl. 131) (8163951448).jpg File:Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes), to serve as an atlas to the "Handbook of British Fungi" (Pl. 148) (6056218336).jpg

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berkeley, Ruth Ellen Botanical illustrators Scientific illustrators Mycologists 1845 births 1914 deaths