Hydrocybe puniceus

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Hydrocybe puniceus

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.62

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a fungus in shades of red and yellow, accompanied by text, in pencil, on right side of page: the specimen measures 2 1/8 inches in height with a wide flaring, depressed cap; the underside's lamellae is executed with multiple red lines over yellow; the body in red with yellow shading; the stubby stalk measures 3/4 inch across; in the far right upper corner, "142" and below a taxonomy as follows: "1. Pileus convex, umbonate, then expanded/ not viscid when moist-smooth / 2. Lamellae very wide, distant / heterophyllous with several short ones / between the long ones, ventricose / rounded behind, adnate, but not / decurrent / 3. Spores white. 4. Stipe short thick, hollow inside / but with a fibrous lining / very fragile / Growing by path in woods / B.H. F. Sept 8, 1920 / below image the name "Hydrocybe puniceus".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Notes

Date made: Sept. 8, 1920

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Erasure mark below number "142" in upper right corner, and occasional tiny watercolor spots evident.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial