Name/Title
CERIOMYCES MINIATE- OLIVACEUSEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.108Description
Watercolor drawing on paper of a fungus in shades of olive-brown, mustard, and reddish-brown, accompanied to right of page, by text, written in pencil: specimen measures 4 3/4 inches in height and 5 3/8 inches across cap; wide floppy cap is olive-brown with mustard yellow underside; tiny brown dots on underside indicate hundreds of pores; stem is stubby with reddish-brown tint toward base; a few strokes of brown indicates earth; taxonomy on right reads as follows: "Pileus broadly expanded- glabrous, / slightly viscid when moist- reddish / greenish olivaceus context thick / pale yellow, becoming dark greenish / olive when wounded, margin / thin acute, slightly exceeding / the pores- tasting slightly unpleasant. / 2. Pores bright greenish yellow / becoming yellowish brown, changing / to bluish green when wounded- / mouths rather large, angular / somewhat depressed around stipe / 3. Spores yellowish brown / 4. Stipe somewhat enlarged below / pale yellowish shaded with red / at the base and pale red reticulations / at the apex bright yellow within / Buck Hill Falls Pa- July 1921- / -34-/ Ceriomyces miniate- olivaceus / "Sensitive Boletus" / by road side in light woods".Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
ArtistDate made
Jul 1921Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionOther Names
Name Type
Other TitleOther Name
"Sensitive Boletus"Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
9 inWidth
11-3/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 9 x 11 3/4 in. (22.9 x 29.8 cm)Material
Paper (wove), Pencil, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Paper soiled at edges; tips torn at all four corners; paper dirty on front; several watercolor marks on front noted; graphite slightly smudged in areas but still very legible.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial