Berkleasmium Explained

Berkleasmium is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dematiaceae.

The genus name of Berkleasmium is in honour of 2 people (Berkley and Lea), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 - 1889), an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology and also Thomas Gibson Lea (1785–1844), who was an American botanist.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Johann Baptista Zobel in Icon. (Corda) vol.6 n page 4 in 1854.

Species

• Berkleasmium crunisia
• Berkleasmium micronesicum
• Berkleasmium nigroapicale
• Berkleasmium phyllostachydis
• Berkleasmium sp. BCC 17003
• Berkleasmium sp. BCC 17023
• Berkleasmium sp. BCC 17024
• Berkleasmium sp. Dzf12
• Berkleasmium typhae

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.