Helvella elastica

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Creator

Delafield, Violetta White (botanist, mycologist, and garden designer, 1875-1949)
Culture: American

Subject

Botany; Mycology; Fungi; Mushrooms

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi in shades of smoky brown, grey, and white, accompanied by text, in pencil, to the right: specimen to the right measures 4 3/4 inches in height and has a lobed or saddle-shaped cap with inrolled margins; the interior is a smoky brown shade; exterior of cap is white with grey shading; slender white stem curves to the right and is shaded with pale grey and beige; specimen to the left measures 5 inches in height and has a lobed or saddle-shaped cap in dove grey color; slender white stem curves to the left, and is shaded with pale beige; both terminate in a few strokes of brown; text to the right reads as follows: "Helvella elastica / Growing on much decaying wood / of wet bank- / Pileus fawny on the outside, very / white underneath, and somewhat/ granular in appearance- / Stem very slender, pure white at / the top, yellowish brown at / the lower part- hollow / Buck Hill Falls / Pa. / Sept 29 1919" ; at upper right corner, "127".
127 / Helvella- elastica / Growing on much decaying wood / of wet bank- / Pileus fawny on the outside, very / white underneath, & somewhat/ granular in appearance- / Stem very slender, pure white at / the top, yellowish brown at / the lower part- hollow / Buck Hill Falls / Pa. / Sept 29 1919

Coverage

Buck Hill Falls, PA
Repository: Bard College, Montgomery Place

Date

September 29, 1919

Rights

In Copyright - Educational use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Gift of J. Dennis Delafield
Prior written permission required to use any photograph from the Bard College Montgomery Place Collection.
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Format

Paper (wove), pencil, watercolor
8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.32 x 26.04 cm)

Type

Botanical drawing

Identifier

Image Number: MP.2005.106

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Citation

Delafield, Violetta White (botanist, mycologist, and garden designer, 1875-1949) and Culture: American, “Helvella elastica,” Stevenson Library Digital Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://omekalib.bard.edu/items/show/2393.