Ruth Ellen Berkeley

Ruth Ellen Berkeley
Born	1845 King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire
Died	16 June 1914 (aged 68) Devon, England
Known for	botanical illustration

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, named a fungal species Agaricus ruthae (now known as Pleurotus ruthae) in her honour.

Gallery

• 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