AGARCIUS PLACOMYCES

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

AGARCIUS PLACOMYCES

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.134

Description

Watercolor drawing of paper of 2 large white and purple fungi, one convex the other flat, with inscription in pencil on right side of paper: mushroom on the right is approximately 5 inches tall from cap to root; cap is approximately 3.25 inches at widest point; Cap is convex shaped; cream with brown shading; several purple highlights on cap; underside is visible; peach color with the gills delineated by purple/brown strokes; stem is white near cap; becomes shaded with peach, brown and grey shades down the stem; bottom of stem is a bulbous shape; colored with dark gray to signify earth; mushroom to the right is approximately 4.5 inches high measured from cap to root; cap is flat; approximately 4 inches wide; cap is dark purple on top becoming white; with purple highlights on white cap; underside is not visible; stem is white with brown shading; not as much detail as the mushroom to the left; inscription to right reads " 1. Palius silvery gray with brownish/ small scales, forming dark area/ in center, dry./ 2. Lamellae light colored, then/ pinkish, then dark [ illegible]. free-/ close or crowded/ 3. Spores- Purplish brown/ 4. Stipe silvery white [ illegible] - [illegible]- become [illegible]- / larger below. / Veil [illegiable] white, double or / appearing double, outer [illegible] / [illegible]./ Growing in woods under [illegible] / Montgomery Place, Annandale N.Y. / Sept 21- 1925/ Agarcius placomycus [PK?]

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Sep 21, 1925

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 x 11 3/4 in. (22.9 x 29.8 cm)

Material

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Approximately 3/4 inch of staining running along left vertical edge of paper. Only a few brown spots on paper. No staining in drawing.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27A

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial