To M. J. Berkeley [26 November 1840]
is the Fagus oblique.— So that we have probably two species, & closely allied species of Fungus, growing on two species of Fagus, at the distance of 1000(?) miles.—1 The Fungus of Tierra del Fuego grow on the Fagus Antarcticus.—2 Bertero says the natives of Chile call the Fungus “dignénes”.— Bertero’s [paper] or rather posthumous list of plants is in Silliman’s N. Am. Journal Vol. 23 p. 78.— I should be much obliged if at some future time, you would have the kindness to return me the rough papers.—3
I have the pleasure of remaining | Your’s truly obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bertero, Carlo Giuseppe. 1831–3. List of the plants of Chile; translated from the ‘Mercurio Chileno,’ by W. S. W. Ruschenberger. American Journal of Science and Arts 19 (1831): 63–70, 299–311; 20 (1831): 248–60; 23 (1833): 78–96, 250–71.
Porter, Duncan M. 1981. Darwin’s missing notebooks come to light. Nature 291: 13.
Summary
Remarks that each of two species of Fagus separated by 1000 miles has a fungus that grows on it; the fungus species are probably closely allied.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-583
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Miles Joseph Berkeley
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Postmark
- NO—26 1840
- Source of text
- Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/39)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 583,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-583.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
