Clitocybe virens

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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 green and pale brown, accompanied by text: specimen on far left measures 3 1/2 inches in height; has sloping, concave cap in shades of green; stem is narrow and shaded with strokes of brown; gills are delineated with fine pencil lines; the other specimen is located in middle of page; cap has wavy, amorphous shape in shades of green; fine pencil lines directly underneath lead to narrow stem which curves up at end; stem shaded in pale browns and beige; several strokes of brown indicate ground; upper right corner in pencil is written "85"; lower right corner is written "Buck Hill Falls / Aug '20. Penn. / Clitocybe virius".
85 / Buck Hill Falls / Aug 20. Penn. / Clitocybe virens

Coverage

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

Date

August, 1920

Rights

In Copyright - Educational use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Gift of J. Dennis Delafield
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Format

Paper (wove), pencil, watercolor
5 1/16 x 8 1/8 in. (12.86 x 20.64 cm)

Type

Botanical drawing

Identifier

Image Number: MP.2005.39

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Citation

Delafield, Violetta White (botanist, mycologist, and garden designer, 1875-1949) and Culture: American, “Clitocybe virens,” Stevenson Library Digital Collections, accessed December 24, 2024, https://omekalib.bard.edu/items/show/2345.