Cortinarius erraticus

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.118

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus in shades of rust-brown, dark brown, and white, accompanied by column of text, in pencil, to the right: specimen measures 3 1/2 inches in height and 3 3/4 inches across cap; wide, flattened cap is rust-brown with a scalloped edge; rim of closely spaced gills is visible beneath cap; stubby stalk is white with rust-brown shading; terminates in bulbous, dark brown base; taxonomy to right is as follows: "1. Pileus convex to expanded then upturned/ slightly viscid when moist, glabrous, rufus / yellow, silky fibrillose, irregular darker / in the center. 5-10 cm in diam. / context creamy lavender, taste unpleasant / 3. Lamellae lightish brown tinted with / lavender- becoming ferugenous / sinuate adnate, subdistant, inserted / somewhat eroded- / 4. Spores rusty brown / 5. Stipe white with pale lavender tints / silky fibrous, shiny, rusty below / bulbose- firm, stuffed or becoming / spongy- 3-8 cm long. 1-1.5 cm wide / Gregarious in damp woods / Buck Hill Falls Pa / Aug 13 1921 / -62- " ; title below.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Aug 13, 1921

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 x 11 3/4 in. (22.9 x 29.8 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Marked smudging of text; dirty imprint on paper within text noted; discoloration and soiling around edges; tip of upper left corner is missing.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial