Cortinarius

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Cortinarius

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.92

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus executed in shades of brown, white, and beige, accompanied by text, in pencil, on right side of page: the fungus has a golden-brown bell-shaped cap, with slightly scalloped margin; the thick stalk is off white to beige and heavily shaded with brown; stalk curves dramatically to the right; taxonomy at right of page is as follows: "1. Pileus convex subumbonate, dry glabrous / firugenous with darker fibrils, shiny / context thick white / 2. Lamellae wide close, inserted firugenous / margin eroded, sinuate adnate deeply / notched. / 3. Spores firugenous / 4. Stipe solid, shiny fibrillose white / above and below tinged with tawny / somewhat enlarged at base, with / white mycelium / odor strong and rather disagreeable / Taste strong and somewhat unpleasant / Growing singly in dry woods / Buck Hill Falls / Pa July 18 1921 / 8. / Cortinarius".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Jul 18, 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: Soiled at edges; small dot (watercolor) to left of drawing.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial