Name/Title
Hypholoma lacrymabimdrousEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.133Description
Watercolor drawing of 2 brown fungi growing together at root, pencil written text on right side of paper: height from top of cap to bottom of root is approximately 2.5 inches; width of top cap is approximately 3 inches; width of bottom cap is approximately 2.75 inches; both caps are light brown; gills are darker brown/purple with white highlights; stems are white shaded with brown and both lean to the right; the two stems grow together at end; end is darker brown signifying roots or earth; text on right side of paper reads; "Pileus expanded, sub mutonate [?]/ wrinkled radiating from disc-tawny to rafous, silky [ ] hairs forming scales./ Context rather [ ] yellowish - taste & odor pleaseant, soft & fragile./ 2 Lamellae sinuate, adnate, reatricose/ broad. Close, but not crowded. Inserted lightish yellowish, becoming spotted with/ dark brown & much darker. Fragile/ margin [whitish?] slightly eroded./ 3. Spores black tinged with purple./ 4. Stipe. Fibrous, shiny white above/ the veil, darker & [plouse?] below./ hollow, brittle./ 5 Veil hairy, soncolorous, & of the same/texture as the surface of pileus./ [cling?] to margin of pileus, then/ disappearing./ Singly & in clusters on grassy boarders of path./ Riverdale, N. Y. City Oct. 5-1921/ -125- / Hypholoma lacrymabomdurn- [illegible]."Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
ArtistDate made
Oct 5, 1921Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8-5/8 inWidth
11-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (21.9 x 29.2 cm)Material
Paper, Watercolor, PencilGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial