Art. XXVIII.– Exotic Fungi from the Schweinitzian Herbarium principally from Surinam. Revised by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Rev. M. A. Curtis. From Journ. Acad. nat. sci. Vol II april 1853.
rif. 113067London 1853 4to. 277-294 pp. lith. plate. Disbound. From the library of Thore M. Fries with his library stamp. Stafleu 20.962. Miles Joseph Berkeley 1803-1889 ”The founder of British mycology” systematist with some 6000 species of fungi being credited to him. Berkeley made very important contributions to the field of plant pathology. He composed the account of native British fungi in Sir W. Hooker’s ”British Flora” 1836 and his most important works are ”Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany” 1857 and his ”Outlines of British Fungology” 1860. He also published a large number of articles on mycology. The co-author Moses Ashley Curtis 1808-72 was an American mycologist. unknown
