Cortinarius

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Cortinarius

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.104

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus in shades of lavender, cream, and rusty brown, accompanied by text, in pencil, on right of page: the specimen measures 3 1/4 inches in height and 2 3/8 inches across cap; the wide, flattened cap is lavender with pale rust shading; rust colored gills are highly visible and closely spaced; the curved stalk widens at base and terminates in bulbous foot; to right taxonomy reads as follows: "1. Pileus fleshy, glabrous- viscid when / moist, bluish violet, rufus on the disc. / or somewhat mottled. / 2. Lamellae ferrugenous- subdistant / sinuate adnate, wide, inserted / 3. Spores ferrugenous / 4. Stipe whitish, tinged with / lavender the apex rusty (from / spores?) below- shiny fibrous / bulbose / Singlly in woods / Buck Hill Falls Pa / Aug 21 1921 / 100. / Cortinarius"

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Aug 21, 1921

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6-7/8 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 10 in. (17.5 x 25.4 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Some soiling along edges of paper.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial