Laccaria striatula

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Laccaria striatula

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.95

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of five fungi in shades of pink and pinkish-beige, accompanied by column of text, in pencil, on right side of page: the delicate fungi have bell-shaped caps and slender, wavy stalks; furthest to right is a cluster of three fungi, one with upturned cap displaying the gills; all executed in pink, and terminating in brown strokes indication earth; in center is one fungus, also pink, with convex, bell-shaped cap; specimen furthest to left is pinkish-beige, with convex cap and barely visible rim of gills; all measure approximately one inch in height; taxonomy to right is as follows: "1. Pileus thin, glabrous, reddish pink when / moist, and striatulate, becoming paler and even / when dry / 2. Lamellae pinkish flesh color- rather / broad, inserted, subdistant adnate / 3. Spores white / 4. Stipe concolorous or darker- equal / fibrous hollow (twisted ?) / Gregarious or cespitose, in damp / woods / Buck HIll Falls Pa Aug 12 1921 / 59. / Laccaria striatula".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Aug 12, 1921

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: Several erasure marks in text noted; tiny dot of watercolor beneath image; tiny pencil dot below image.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial