Name/Title
HypholomaEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.60Description
Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi in shades of reddish-brown accompanied by text in pencil, on right side of page, enumerating the taxonomy: the specimen on the right measures 3 1/2 inches in height and has a broad, somewhat flattened convex cap, measuring 3 1/8 inches across; the cap is brown with visible attached gills delineated by fine, closely spaced brown lines; the stalk is creamy white with beige and brown shading; the smaller specimen on the left measures 2 7/8 inches in height and has a broad convex cap measuring 2 3/8 inches across; no gills are visible; text on the right is as follows: "1. Pileus convex to expanded- silky / fibrillose, dry or slightly viscid / rugose / moist reddish brown wrinkled / deeper on the rimbo, hygrophorous / margin then silky with remnants / of the stria white veil / 2. Spores Purple brown / 3. Lamellae- lightish brown becoming / darker with age, rather / wide, sinuate adnate, or / decurrent with a tooth, margin / somewhat wavy and whitish / close but not crowded / 4. Stipe, tapering above silky / fibrous white shiny, fibrous / stuffed or becoming hollow / Taste pleasant. / Singly on log in dark woods- MP Annandale N.Y. / Aug 8-1925- no.1. / Hypholoma".Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
ArtistNotes
Date made: August 8,1925Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
9 inWidth
11-7/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 9 x 11 7/8 in. (22.9 x 30.2 cm)Material
Paper (wove), Pencil, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Drawing and pencilled text in good condition, however there is a soil mark to the left of specimen furthest to left, at its base; deep crease making triangle at lower left corner with soil mark at crease.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial