Miles Joseph Berkeley’s Hypocrea

Abstract

The Rev. Miles J. Berkeley was active in Britain in the middle of the 19th Century. Among his many scientific endeavors was the study of fungi and plant pathology. Between 1842 and 1892 he published, alone or with collaborators CE Broome, MA Curtis, MC Cooke and JB Ellis and BM Everhart, fifty???six new species of Hypocrea and he recombined into Hypocrea two additional species. These are foundational species in the genus Hypocrea, now Trichoderma. Types of all names that Berkeley included in Hypocrea have been examined for this study. The disposition of those names is discussed. The following new combinations are proposed: Amplistroma cervinum, Ascopolyporus maculiformis, Stilbocrea neilgherriensis, Trichoderma deplanatum, T. discellum, T. grossum, T. laetioris, T. maculiforme, T. multiforme, T. petersii, T rugulosum, T. saccharinum, T. scutellaeforme, T. subrufum. Lectotypes are selected and or designated for Hypocrea farinosa, H. laetior, H. maculiformis, H. multiformis, H. neilgherriensis, H. ochroleuca, H. pezizoides, H. ravenelii, H. saccharina, H. scuellaeformis, and H. subrufa.