Name/Title
Clitocybe illudensEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.105Description
Watercolor drawing on paper of a cluster of fungi- seven in total- in shades of rust brown, to orange yellow, accompanied on lower left of page, by columm of text: this fungus is commonly known as "Jack O'Lantern" (National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, p. 787), and has a characteristic orange-yellow color; illustration consists of a group of seven, having wide convex to flattened caps, gills which can be seen descending the stalks, and curving stalks; all appear to be growing from a specified point in a horizontal, right leaning direction; the entire cluster measures 5 inches in height and 8 1/4 inches across; text reads as follows: "Plants phosphorescent in the dark / 1. Pileus convex, expanded then / depressed, some specimens having / a small umbo / 2. Gills broad, close, but not / crowded- decurrent / 3. Spores white / 4. Stem solid firm smooth / tapering toward the base / Growing at base decaying stump. / Buck Hill Falls July 1920 / Penn. " ; at right upper corner of page the number "84" .Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
ArtistDate made
Jul 1920Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8 inWidth
10-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.3 x 26 cm)Material
Paper (wove), Pencil, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Paper looks somoewhat dingy around edges; several watercolor dots beneath image and among words of text; tip of corner missing at upper right corner.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial