Cerioneyces communis

Delafield, Violetta White

Watercolor drawing on paper of three fungi in shades of brown, moss green, and beige, accompanied by pencilled text on right side of page: the center and largest image measures 2 1/2 inches in height and 2 1/2 inches at widest point; the brown spotted umbrella shaped cap is scalloped along the edge; its reddish-brown stem is 1/4 inch thick; the specimen to its right measures 2 1/4 inchis in height and 2 1/8 inches in width; the concave cap is a mottled beige in the center; the outer portion is a speckled moss green; the curved reddish-brown stem is 3/8 inch thick; the specimen at the far left is the smallest, measuring 1 1/8 inches in height and 5/8 inch in width; its domed cap is dark brown; the 1/4 inch wide stem is light brown; each is anchored with several strokes of moss green at the base; a column of text, in pencil, on right side of page is as follows: "1. Pileus convex to expanded, darkish / brown velvety in young stage, becoming paler / reddish tan and aerolate rimose; context / white rather thick, turning slowly blue when / cut or bruised. / 2. Pores pale yellow becoming olivaceous. Stem / sordid brown- adnate, slightly depressed / angular medium, turning first blue then / sordid green when cut. / 3. Spores olivaceous / 4. Stipe firm yellowish with fibrous red / lines, yellowish within turning green / when cut or bruised, brighter yellow at / the apex. / Growing gregarious in lawn / Riverdale July 1921 / 13. " ; beneath text, and below image, the title, " Cerioneyces communis".

1. Pileus convex to expanded, darkish / brown velvety in young stage, becoming paler / reddish tan and aerolate rimose; context / white rather thick, turning slowly blue when / cut or bruised. / 2. Pores pale yellow becoming olivaceous. Stem / sordid brown- adnate, slightly depressed / angular medium, turning first blue then / sordid green when cut. / 3. Spores olivaceous / 4. Stipe firm yellowish with fibrous red / lines, yellowish within turning green / when cut or bruised, brighter yellow at / the apex. / Growing gregarious in lawn / Riverdale July 1921 / 13. " ; beneath text, and below image, the title, "

Riverdale, NY

Repository: Bard College, Montgomery Place (American educational institution)

July 1921

Gift of J. Dennis Delafield

Prior written permission required to use any photograph from the Bard College Montgomery Place Collection.

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Paper (wove), pencil, watercolor

8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (22.23 x 29.85 cm)

Botanical drawing

Image Number: MP.2005.50