Name/Title
Laccarea ochrapurpureaEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.94Description
Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus in shades of pinkish-brown, lavender, and beige, accompanied by column of text, in pencil, to right of page: the fungus measures 4 5/8" in height and 3 1/8" across cap; convex cap appears highly textured with numerous tiny strokes of pinkish-brown; lavender gills are partially visible beneath right edge of cap; thick stalk is shaded in pinkish brown and curves to the right; taxonomy to the right is as follows: "Pileus obtusely convex becoming expanded / very irregular pinkish brown, hygrophourous / becoming much broken up and scaly when dry. / Margin wavy irregular. / 2. Lamellae brownish lavender, wide / thick, subdistant, aduate, but / readily seperating from the stipe / inserted / 3. Spores, white / 4. Stipe tough fibrous, concolorous - / paler and enlarged above and below - / striate when drying. / Gregarious in mossy ground / on path in light woods / M.P. / Annandale Aug 1922 / - 4 / N.Y. / Laccarea ochrapurpurea."Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
ArtistNotes
Dates: 1922Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See description.Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
7 inWidth
10 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm)Material
Paper (wove), Pencil, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Text and drawing crisp and vivid; no damage visible; evidence that word prior to "gregarious" was erased (ostensibly by artist).General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial