Amanita rubescens

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Amanita rubescens

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.128

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi and a developing fungi in shades of pale pink, greyish-pink, beige and cream, accompanied by column of text, in pencil, to right: largest specimen in the center measures 6 3/4 inches in height and 5 inches across the broad, flattened cap; cottany pink patches distinquish the cap; upturned gill area is pale grey with closely spaced, fine lines; pinkish, slightly fibrous stalk has pale grey-pink ring in upper section; stalk gets wider and termiates in bulbous base with pale pink cup; strokes of brown indicate earth; specimen to the right measures 4 3/4 inches in height and 1 1/2 inches across cap; domed cap is pale pinkish-grey; stalk widens as it descends to bulbous base; cup faintly visible; to left is amyloid spore, measuring 2 3/8 inches in height and 1 3/8 inches at its bulbous base; stalk and cap not yet developed, but pinkish top and brown bulbous base indicate mature parts to come; taxonomy on right is preceeded by heading "Growing on shaded bank by roadside"; under this, "1. Taste sweet nutty / 2. Surface of Pileus, dry smooth shiny- / white tinged with reddish brown and having / remnants of volva / 3. Lamellae white, free-heterophyllous / close, wide- / 4. Spores white- / 5. Stem, Fleshy, stuffed, bulbous- / somewhat scaly toward foot / 6. Veil white remaining in skirt shaped / annulus-volva persisting in / folcouse remnants / Amanita rubescens".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1900 - 1919

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9 in

Width

11-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 x 11 1/4 in. (22.9 x 28.6 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Edges of paper discolored; tiny tip missing from right upper corner.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial