Boletus inflexus

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Boletus inflexus

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.110

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus in shades of brown and pale olive green, accompanied to right of page by column of text in pencil: specimen measures 3 1/2 inches in height and 1 5/8 inches across flattened cap; inverted cup-shaped cap is pale olive with tiny dark green dots, and dark brown across its flattened top; the gently curving stem is brown with dark brown lines; several strokes of brown at base indicate ground; taxonomy at right is as follows: "1. Pileus fleshy velvety tomentose, margin thin / sterile, reddish brown darker in center, context / thick unchanging slightly red under the cuticle / taste mild / 2. Pores bright greenish, mouths angular small, / turning dark green when wounded then / brownish, slightly depressed around stipe / 3. Spores brown / 4. Stipe firm slender, tapering above, / concolorous, marked with fine darker / striations, white within unchanging / Singly in light woods- / Buck Hill Falls Pa. July 28-1921 / 30- / Boletus inflexus".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Jul 28, 1921

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: A few tiny pencil dots; dark marks along lower edge on left side of page.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial