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### Author
Berkeley, Rev. Miles Joseph (1803-1889), British clergyman and cryptogamist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Berk.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Berk.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Berkeley's private herbarium and manuscripts of fungi are at [[Collection K|K]], correspondence and drawings of algae at [[Collection BM|BM]]. Further specimens at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]] and [[Collection PC|PC]]. The collections on which the *Decades of fungi* are based and which were not part of the private herbarium are also at [[Collection K|K]].
*Exsiccatae*: *British Fungi* (4 fasc., 1836-1843) sets at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection PC|PC]].
*Ref*.: BB p. 31; IH 1 (ed. 6): 356, 2: 70.
- Anon., J. Bot. 17: 32. 1879.
- Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 131. 1964.
- Koster, Taxon 18: 549. 1969.
- Hedge and Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 59. 1970.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 171; BB p. 31; BM 1: 144, 6: 83; Bossert p. 34; CSP 1: 295-297, 7: 144-145, 9: 200, 12: 73-74, 13: 475; DNB suppl. 1: 183; GR p. 368; Jackson p. 521; Kew 1: 224-225; LS 2318-2698, 31061-31064; ME 1: 165, 3: 537; MW p. 42; NI 146-148; Plesch p. 140; PR ed. 1, 770-773, ed. 2, 680-687; Zander ed. 10, p. 634.
- Krempelhuber, Gesch. Litt. Lichenologie 2: 378-379. 1869.
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1888-1890: 33. 1891.
- Anon., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 6: 135, 141. 1889 (portr.)
- Murray, J. Bot. 27: 288, 305-308. 1889.
- Stevenson, Trans. Crypt. Soc. Scotland. 1889: 92-95.
- Edit., Ann. Bot. 3: 451-456. 1890 (bibl.)
- Hooker, Proc. Roy. Soc. 47: iii-ix. 1890.
- Anon., La Belgique horticole. 1892, front, (portr.)
- Babington, Memorials 471. 1897.
- Urban, Symb. ant. 1: 10-11. 1898, 5: I. 1908.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 75, *pl. 145.* 1905 (portr.)
- Milner, Cat. Portr. Kew 10. 1906.
- Massee, *in* Oliver, Makers of Brit. botany 225-232. 1913.
- Barnhart, NAF 9(6): 428-429. 1916: 7(15): 1051-1052. 1940 (bibl.)
- Druce, Fl. Northamptonshire cxvii-cxx. 1930.
- Nelmes and Cuthbertson, Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927: 106-108. 1932.
- Rickett, NAF 1(1): 153-154. 1949 (bibl.)
- Rogers, NAF ser. 2(1): 31. 1954 (bibl.)
- Taylor, DSB 2: 18-19. 1970.
- Ainsworth and Bisby, Dict, fungi ed. 6: 66-67. 1971.
- Bond, Country Life, Sep 1974 (2 p.) (n.v.)
- Stafleu, *in* Daniels and Stafleu, Taxon 23: 324. 1974 (portr.)
#### Composite works
- (1) *United States Exploring Expedition* \[Wilkes\], vol. 17, Botany I. Lower Cryptogamia, *Fungi* by M. A. Curtis and M.J. Berkeley on p. 193-202, publ. 1862.
- (2) Griffith and Henry, *The micrographie dictionary*. Berkeley assisted with ed. 3, 1875, and was co-editor for the fourth edition (1883).
- (3) Naves, *Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea*, ed. 2, vol. 2, app. 14, Fungi collected during the 1875-1876 expedition by M.J. Berkeley (1878).
- (4) Smith, *The English flora*, vol. 5, Cryptogamia part 2, Fungi by M.J. Berkeley 1836 (see J. E. Smith and also W. J. Hooker, *British flora*, of which this treatment is part of vol. 2).
- (5) Cooke, *Fungi*, London 1875, edited by M. J. Berkeley.
- (6) *Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society*, London, editor 1866-1877.
#### Eponymy
*Berkelella* (P. A. Saccardo) P. A. Saccardo (1891); *Berkeleya* Greville (1827); *Berkeleyna* O. Kuntze (1898); *Berkleasmium* Zobel (1854, also dedicated to Thomas Gibson Lea (1785-1844), American botanist).
### Publications
##### n.459. Gleanings of British algae
**Title**
*Gleanings of British algae*; being an appendix to the supplement to English Botany. London (C. E. Sowerby) \[1832-\]1833. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Glean. Brit, alg.*
**Notes**
|*plates* |dates | |*plates* |dates | |*plates* |dates|
|--- |--- |---|--- |--- |---|--- |--- |
|1-4 |1 Jul 1832 |  |9-12 |1 Nov 1832 |  |17-20 |1 Mar 1833|
|5-8 |1 Sep 1832 |  |13-16 |1 Jan 1833|
*Copies*: NY, US. – Pagination: \[i-vi\], \[1\]-50. The plates are coloured lithographs by J. de C. Sowerby (original BM). Motto on title page a quotation from Wordsworth "... there did he feel his faith...."
*Ref*.: BM 1: 144; Jackson p. 242; Kew 1: 224; NI 146; PR 680.
- Dixon et al., Brit. phycol. Bull. 3(1): 101. 1966.
##### n.460. Notices of British fungi
**Title**
*Notices of British fungi* London 1837-1885, *reprint* Lehre (Cramer) 1967, Bibliotheca mycologica no. 1.
**Abbreviated title**: *Not. Brit, fung.*
**Notes**
*Co-author* (from 1848): Christopher Edmund Broome (1812-1886).
*Publ*.: A reprint, in a single volume, of the series of articles published in various journals with a new overall index:
|no. |cont. pag. |journal publication|
|--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1-37 |Jardine, Mag. Zool. & Bot. 1: 42-49. 1837.|
|2 |38-58 |Jardine, ibid. 1: 507-519. 1837.|
|3 |59-107 |Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. 1: 198-208. 1838.|
|4 |108-137 |ibid., Ser. I. 1: 257-264. 1838.|
|5 |138-207 |Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. I. VI: 355-365. 1841.|
|6 |208-256 |ibid., Ser. I. VI: 430-439. 1841.|
|7 |257-322 |ibid., Ser. I. XIII: 340-360. 1844.|
|8 |323-379 |Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2. II: 259-268. 1848.|
|9 |380-437 |ibid., Ser. 2. V: 365-380. 1850.|
|10 |438-501 |ibid., Ser. 2. V: 455-466. 1850.|
|11 |502-537 |ibid., Ser. 2. VII: 95-102. 1851.|
|12 |538-614 |ibid., Ser. 2. VII: 176-189. 1851.|
|13 |615-639 |ibid., Ser. 2. IX: 317-329. 1852.|
|14 |640-661 |ibid., Ser. 2. IX: 377-387. 1852.|
|15 |662-729 |ibid., Ser. 2. XIII: 396-407. 1854.|
|16 |730-784 |ibid., Ser. 2. XIII: 458-469. 1854.|
|17 |785-900 |ibid., Ser. 3. III: 356-377. 1859.|
|18 |901-951 |ibid., Ser. 3. VII: 373-382. 1861.|
|19 |952-985 |ibid., Ser. 3. VII: 449-456. 1861.|
|20 |186-1037 |ibid., Ser. 3. XV: 312-322. 1865.|
|21 |1038-1062 |ibid., Ser. 3. XV: 400-404. 1865.|
|22 |1063-1103 |ibid., Ser. 3. XV: 444-452. 1865.|
|23 |1104-1143 |ibid., Ser. 3. XVIII: 51-56. 1866.|
|24 |1144-1181 |ibid., Ser. 3. XVIII: 121-129. 1866.|
|25 |1182-1262 |ibid., Ser. 4. VI: 461-469. 1870.|
|26 |1263-1334 |ibid., Ser. 4. VII: 425-436. 1871.|
|27 |1335-1401 |ibid., Ser. 4. XI: 339-349. 1873.|
|28 |1402-1500 |ibid., Ser. 4. XV: 28-41. 1875.|
|29 |1501-1630 |ibid., Ser. 4. XVII: 129-145. 1876.|
|30 |1631-1730 |ibid., Ser. 5. I: 17-30. 1878.|
|31 |1731-1832 |ibid., Ser. 5. III: 202-212. 1879.|
|32 |1833-1926 |ibid., Ser. 5. VII: 129-131. 1881.|
|33 |1927-1988 |ibid., Ser. 5. IX: 176-183. 1882.|
|34 |1989-2027 |ibid., Ser. 5. XII: 370-374. 1883.|
|35 |2028-2050 |ibid., Ser. 5. XV: 342-345. 1885.|
##### n.461. Decades of fungi
**Title**
*Decades of fungi*. Decas 1-62. 1844-1856. *Reprint* Amsterdam 1969. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Dec. fungi*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *The decades of fungi* were originally published in the London J. Bot. (LJB) and in Hooker, J. Bot. (HJB). The 1969 reprint contains all decades with the original pagination and a \[new\] continuous pagination. In addition the reprint has an *index* and an introductory note by M. A. Donk.
|decas |original publication |pages in reprint |date|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |LJB 3: 185-194. t. 5-6 |1-10 |1844|
|2 |LJB 3: 329-337. t. 14-15 |11-19 |1844|
|3-7 |LJB 4: 42-73, t. 1-2 |20-51 |1845|
|8-10 |LJB 4: 198-315. t. 11-12 |52-69 |1845|
|11 |LJB 5: 1-6 |70-75 |1846|
|12-14 |LJB 6: 312-326 |76-90 |1847|
|15-19 |LJB 6: 479-514. t. 17-20 |92-126 |1847|
|20 |LJB 7: 572-580. t. 20-22 |127-135 |1848|
|21-22 |HJB 1: 97-104 |136-143 |1849|
|23-24 |HJB 1: 234-239 |144-149 |1849|
|25-30 |HJB 2: 42-51, 76-88, 106-112 |150-179 |1850|
|31 |HJB 3: 14-21. t. 1 |180-187 |1851|
|32-33 |HJB 3: 39-49 |188-198 |1851|
|34 |HJB 3: 77-84 |199-206 |1851|
|35 |HJB 3: 167-172 |207-212 |1851|
|36 |HJB 3: 200-206 |213-219 |1851|
|37-38 |HJB 4: 97-107 |220-230 |1852|
|39-40 |HJB 4: 130-142. t. 6 |231-243 |1852|
|41-43 |HJB 6: 129-143. t. 7-8 |244-258 |1854|
|44-46 |HJB 6: 161-174 |259-272 |1854|
|47-48 |HJB 6: 204-212 |273-281 |1854|
|49-50 |HJB 6: 225-235 |282-292 |1854|
|51-54 |HJB 8: 129-144. t. 5, 6, 9, 10 |293-308 |1856|
|55-56 |HJB 8: 169-177 |309-317 |1856|
|57-58 |HJB 8: 193-200 |318-325 |1856|
|59-60 |HJB 8: 233-241 |326-334 |1856|
|61-62 |HJB 8: 272-280 |335-343 |1856|
Berkeley was the author of all decades; for some decades there were co-authors:
J. P. F. C. Montagne (2) and M. A. Curtis (21-24).
*Ref*.: PR 683.
- Donk, Introductory note \[to reprint\] p. \[iii-v\]. 1969.
- Stafleu, Taxon 18: 458. 1969.
##### n.462. Introduction to cryptoganic botany
**Title**
*Introduction to cryptoganic botany*... with 127 illustrations on wood, drawn by the author. London, New York (H. Baillière), Paris (Baillière et fils), Madrid (Bailly Baillière) 1857. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Intr. crypt. bot.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mar-Jun 1857, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\], \[1\]-604, 127 (126?) woodcuts in text. *Copies*: NY, Steere.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 144; Kew 1: 224; LS 2435; PR 685.
##### n.463. Outlines of British fungology
**Title**
*Outlines of British fungology*; containing characters of above a thousand species of fungi, and a complete list of all that have been described as nativers of the British Isles. London (Lovell Reeve) 1860. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Outl. Brit. fungol.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug-Dec 1860 (p. vi: Aug 1860), p. \[i\*\], i-xvii, \[1\]-442, *pl. 1-24* with each 1 p. letterpress, 1 plain and 23 handcoloured lithographs by W. Fitch. Possibly issued in parts of which dates and contents are unknown. *Copies*: BR, NY.
*Supplement*: by W. G. Smith, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-386, London (L. Reeve & Co.) 1891. Oct.
*Copy*: BR.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 144; Kew 1: 224; LS 2450; PR 686.
##### n.464. Handbook of British mosses
**Title**
*Handbook of British mosses*; comprising all that are known to be natives of the British Isles. London (Lovell Reeve & Go.) 1863. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Handb. Brit, mosses*.
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1863, before Aug (rev. J. Bot. 1: 250-251. Aug 1863), p. \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-324, *pl. 1-24* with each 1 p. letterpress, 1 plain (front.) and 23 handcoloured lithographs by W. Fitch. *Copy*: NY.
*Ed. 2*: 1895, p. vi, 324, 1 plain and 23 handcoloured lithographs. (n.v.)
*Ref*.: *BM* 1: 144; Jackson p. 241; Kew 1: 224; NI 147; Plesch p. 140; PR 687.
##### n.465. Notices of North American fungi
**Title**
*Notices of North American fungi* \[1872-1876\]. Reprint 1971. Amsterdam (Linnaeus Press) 1971. Oct. (ISBN 90-6105-0022)
**Abbreviated title**: *Not. N. Amer. fungi*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: The *Notices of North America Fungi* were originally published in the British journal *Grevillea*. Twenty-four parts appeared between September 1872 and June 1876, all with separate pagination. The 1971 reprint combines these 24 papers and provides a continuous pagination in addition to the original sets of page numbers. – Berkeley was the main author. The abbreviation "B. & C." refers to Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis, "B. & R." or "B. & Rav." to Berkeley and H. W. Ravenel. *Copy*: FAS.
|number |vol. Grevillea |pages Grevillea |pages continuous |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1 |33-39 |1-7 |Sep 1872|
|2 |1 |49-55 |8-14 |Oct 1877|
|3 |1 |65-71 |15-21 |Nov 1872|
|4 |1 |97-102 |22-27 |Jan 1873|
|5 |1 |145-150 |28-33 |Apr 1873|
|6 |1 |161-166 |34-39 |Mai 1873|
|7 |1 |177-180 |40-43 |Jun 1873|
|8 |2 |3-7 |44-48 |Jul 1873|
|9 |2 |17-20 |49-52 |Aug 1873|
|10 |2 |33-35 |53-55 |Sep 1873|
|11 |2 |49-53 |56-60 |Oct 1873|
|12 |2 |65-69 |61-65 |Nov 1873|
|13 |2 |81-84 |66-69 |Dec 1873|
|14 |2 |97-101 |70-74 |Jan 1874|
|15 |2 |153-157 |75-79 |Apr 1874|
|16 |2 |177-181 |80-84 |Jun 1874|
|17 |3 |1-17 |85-101 |Sep 1874|
|18 |3 |49-64 |102-117 |Dec 1874|
|19 |3 |97-112 |108-133 |Mar 1875|
|20 |3 |145-160 |134-149 |Jun 1875|
|21 |4 |1-16 |150-165 |Sep 1875|
|22 |4 |45-52 |166-173 |Dec 1875|
|23 |4 |93-108 |174-189 |Mar 1876|
|24 |4 |141-162 |190-211 |Jun 1876|
*Ref*.: BM 1: 144; LS 2696.
- Stafleu, Taxon 20: 817-818. 1971.