Cerioneyces communis

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Cerioneyces communis

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.50

Description

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".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Jul 1921

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (22.2 x 29.8 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: No damage visible.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial