> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 98](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265295) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/15996-1) LSID 15996-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q662338) QID Q662338 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Berkeley, Rev. Miles Joseph|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Berkeley, Rev. Miles Joseph (1803-1889), British clergyman and mycologist, educated at Oundle Grammar school, Rugby; entered Christ's College, Cambridge 1821, B.A. 1825, entered the Clergy 1826, ordained deacon 21 Dec 1826, id. priest 23 Dec 1827 in the See of Peterborough, curate at St. John's Margate 1829, perpetual curate of Apethorpe and Woodnewton, Northamptonshire 1833-1868, vicar at Sibbertoft 1868, from 1867 pensioned off (Civil List). **Abbreviated name**: *Berk.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Berk.*\] #### Herbarium and types see TL-2/1: 192; B's mycological herbarium at [[Collection K|K]] has 10.900 sheets (Jackson 1901). Moss collections at [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection E|E]]; algae types in herb. Hooker ([[Collection K|K]]); lichens at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Manuscripts BM (11 vol. corr., papers, 530 water colours of fungi), K (index to mycol. herb., 143 letters to W.J. Hooker), LINN (papers read). − Library sold via John Wheldon. − For Berkeley – Curtis correspondence see Petersen, R.H. (1980). #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 339 (index); Andrews p. 237; Barnhart 1: 171 (b. 1 Apr 1803, Biggin, Northamptonshire; d. 30 Jul 1889, Sibbertoft); BM 1: 144, 407, 6: 83; Bossert p. 34; Clokie p. 131; CSP 1: 295-297, 7: 144-145, 9: 200, 12: 73-74, 13: 475; Desmond p. 60 (q.v. for further details); De Toni 1: xi, 2: xiii; DNB suppl. 1: 183; DSB 2: 18-19. 1970; Frank 3(Anh.): 10; GR p. 368, *pl*. \[*33*\]; GR, cat. p. 60; Hortus p. 1188; IH 1 (ed. 6): 356, 2: 70; Jackson see index; Kew 1: 224-225; Lasègue p. 293, 320, 545; LS 2318, 2698, 31.061-31.064; ME 1: 165, 3: 537; Morren ed. 2, p. 24, ed. 10, p. 77; MW p. 42; NAF 1(1): 153-154, 7(15): 1051, 9(6): 428-429, ser. 2. 1: 31 (bibl.); NI 146-148; Nordstedt p. 8; Plesch p. 140; PR 680-687, ed. 1: 770-773; SBC p. 115; Stevenson p. 1236; TL-2/1: 192-195, and see indexes; Tucker 1: 77; Urban-Berl. p. 273; Zander ed. 10, p. 634, ed. 11, p. 721. #### Biofile - Ainsworth, G.C. and G.R. Bisby, Dict. fungi ed. 7: 51. 1983. - Allen, D.E., The naturalist in Britain 78, 108, 128. 1976. - Anon., Flora 50: 460. 1867 (rd. annual pension (Civil List) of £ 100/yr.); J. Bot. 17: 32. 1879; Grevillea 7: 150. 1879 (mycol. herb. to K; 2087 species), 18: 88. 1890 (library to be sold via John Wheldon); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 6: 135, 141. 1899 (portr.); Leopoldina 25: 170. 1889 (obit. not.); Ann. Bot. 3: 451-456. 1890 (curr. vitae, bibl.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1888-1890: 33. 1891; La Belgique horticole 1892, frontisp. (portr.); Manuscr. pap. Brit. sci. 1600-1940. 9 (no 54). 1982. - Babington, C.C., Memorials 471. 1897. - Bertram, G., Bull. Soc. mycol. France 100(1): xv-xvii. 1984 ("la mycologie et les ecclésiastiques"). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 384 \[index\]. 1980. - Cooke, M.C., Grevillea 17: 6. 1888 (on B. and Curtis types). - Doidge, E.M., Bothalia 5: 995. 1950 (bibl. publ. on S. Afr. fungi). - Druce, G.E., Fl. Northamptonshire cxvii-cxx. 1930. - English, M.P., Mordecai Cubitt Cooke 1987 (see index, numerous citations). - Fletcher, H.R., Story R. Hort. Soc. 1804-1986. 202, 204, 206, 213, 246, 407. 1969. - Hjortstam, K., Kew Bull. 44(2): 301-315. 1989 (corticoid fungi descr. by B.). - Hedge, I.C. and J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 59. 1970. - Hooker, J.D., Proc. Roy. Soc. 47: ix. 1890 (obit.). - Jackson, B.D., Kew Bull. 1901: 7 (herb at K; 10.900 specim.). - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 549. 1969 (algae coll.). - Krempelhuber, A. von, Gesch. Litt. Lichenol. 2: 378-379. 1869. - Lloyd, C.G., Index mycol. writings 4. 1913-1916 (frontisp. portr. of B.). - M.C.C., Grevillea 18: 17-19. 1889 (obit.). - Massee, G.E., *in* Oliver, F.W., Makers of Brit. Bot. 225-232. 1913. - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 10. 1906. - Murray, G.R.M., J. Bot. 27: 288, 305-308. 1889. - Nelmes, E. and D.C. Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. dedic. 1827-1927. 106-108. 1932. - Nelson, E.C., Arch. nat. Hist. 11(2): 249-261. 1983 (on B. and potatoblight in Ireland 1845-1847). - Palmer, J.T., Chronol. cat. lit. Brit. Gasteromyc. 140-141. 1968 (publ. by B. on this subject). - Pegler, N.J., Kew Bull. 43(3): 453-473. 1988 (Agaricales of Brazil described by M.J. Berkeley). - Petersen, R.H., Bibl. mycol. 72: 1-120. 1980 ("B. et C.", the mycological association of M.J. Berkeley and M.A. Curtis; see also Taxon 29: 748. 1980 and Huntia 3(3): 179-180. 1979). - Pfister, D.H. and G. Sayre, Crypt. U.S. N. Pac. Expl. Exp. 1853-1856. Cambr., Mass. 1978. - Price, J.H., Arch. nat. Hist. 10(3): 443-459. 1982 (on B's Gleanings); *in* A. Wheeler and J.H. - Price, eds., Soc. Hist. nat. Hist., special publ. 3: 89 seq. 1985 (on his Gleanings of British algae). - Rodgers, A.D., William Starling Sullivant 167-168, 186-187. 1940. - Ryvarden, L., Kew Bull. 31: 81-103. 1976; Norweg. J. Bot. 24(3): 213-230. 1977 (on B's Polyporaceae). - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 23: 324. 1974 (portr.). - Stevenson, J., Trans. crypt. Soc. Scotland 1889: 92-95 (obit.). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 10-11. 1898, 5: 1. 1908. - Whetzel, H.H., Outline hist. phytopath. 55-57. 1918. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 75, *pl. 145.* 1905 (portr.). ### Publications ##### n.20.957. fructification **Title** On the *fructification* of the *pileate and clavate tribes of hymenomycetous fungi*... Annals of natural history... 1838. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1838 (in journal), p. \[81\]-101, *pl. 4-5* (uncol. liths. auct.). *Copies*: FH, L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. nat. Hist. 1(2): 81-101, *pl. 4-5.* 1838. ##### n.20.958. Agaricus crinitus **Title** On *Agaricus crinitus*, Linn., and some allied species... \[Trans. Linn. Soc.... 1846\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Aug 1846 (fide S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. 1970, read 18 Feb 1845), p. \[1\]-4, *pl. 9* (copp. engr. Sowerby). *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 109-113, *pl. 9.* 1846. ##### n.20.959. On a peculiar form of mildew in onions **Title** *On a peculiar form of mildew in onions*... London (printed by William Clowes and sons,...). \[1848\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1848 (in journal), p. \[1\]-10. *Copy*: L. − Unidentified reprint of the publication in J. Hort. Soc. 3: 91-98. 1848. ##### n.20.960. On some moulds **Title** *On some moulds* referred by authors to Fumago, and on certain allied or analogous forms... \[London (printed by William Clowes and sons...)\] \[1849\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1849, p. \[1\]-19 \[20, impr.\]. *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. Hort. Soc. 4: 243-260. 1849. ##### n.20.961. notes upon **Title** Some *notes upon* the cryptogamic portion of the *plants collected in Portugal* 1842-50. By Dr. Fried. *Welwitsch*. The fungi by Rev. M.J. Berkeley... London (William Pamplin,...) 1853. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Not. pl. Portugal Welw.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1853, p. \[1\]-12. *Copy*: FH. *Ref*.: Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 12: 95-98. 10 Feb 1854 (rev.). ##### n.20.962. Exotic fungi **Title** *Exotic fungi* from the *Schweinitzian herbarium*, principally from Surinam... Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci.... 1853. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1853 (in journal), p. \[277\]-294, *pl. 25* (uncol. lith. auct.). *Copy*: G. − Reprinted and to be cited from J. Acad. nat. Sci. 2: 277-294, *pl. 25.* 1853. ##### n.20.963. On Agaricus from Ceylon **Title** *On* some species of the genus *Agaricus from Ceylon*... Extracted from the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London... \[1870\]. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: Christopher Edmund Broome (1812-1886), see TL-2/1: 355. *Publ*.: 9 Jul 1870 (fide S. Raphael, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 76. 1970, read 19 Nov 1868), p. \[149\]-152, *pl. 33-34* (col. liths. by E.M. Williams). *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27(2): 149-152, *pl. 33-34.* 1870. ##### n.20.964. List of fungi from Brisbane **Title** *List of fungi from Brisbane*, Queensland; with descriptions of new species... Extracted from the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London,... 1879 \[-1883\]. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: Christopher Edmund Broome (1812-1886), see TL-2/1: 355. *Publ*.: Jan 1879 (in journal), p. 399-408, *pl. 45-46* (uncol. liths. J.N. Fitch). *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London ser. 2, 1(6), Bot.: 399-408, *pl. 45-46.* 1879. *Part II*: Mar 1883 (in journal; Hedwigia Jun 1883), cover-t.p., p. \[53\]-73, *pl. 10-15* (uncol. liths. by A. Hammond). *Copy*: L. − Issued as Trans. Linn. Soc. London ser. 2, 2(3), Bot.: 53-73, *pl. 10-15.* 1883 (issue has only this title, given on cover-t.p.).