Complex sentence: The ghost fungus was initially described in 1844 by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley as "Agaricus nidiformis", who thought it related to "Agaricus ostreatus" (now "Pleurotus ostreatus") but remarked it was a "far more magnificent species".
Split into simpler sentences: The ghost fungus was initially described in 1844 by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley as "Agaricus nidiformis". Berkeley thought it related to "Agaricus ostreatus" (now "Pleurotus ostreatus") but remarked it was a "far more magnificent species".