Lactarius maculatus

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Lactarius maculatus

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.125

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus in shades of mustard yellow, pale yellow, and lilac, accompanied on right side of page, by text written in pencil: specimen measures 4 3/8 inches in height and 5 1/8 inches across flattened cap; wide cap is depressed in center making it almost funnel-shaped; gill area is cream colored with splotches of lilac; fine lines indicate closely spaced gills; short, stubby stalk is pale yellow with spots of lilac and pale grey; terminates in rounded foot; taxonomy to right is as follows: "1. Pileus viscid when moist, squamulose / particularly around the margins, squamules / forming reticulations, depressed, somewhat / irregularly zonate, contex thick, white / 2. Lamellae cream colored, wide / freely tracking close to the margin / joined by veins- slightly / decurrent, turning a deep purple / when bruised / 3. Spores white or faintly ochraceous / 4. Stipe concolorous, firm, hollow / somewhat spotted / 5. Taste strong acrid, latex white / thin becoming greysih lavender / very abundant / Growing in leaf mold in woods / Bar Harbor Me. Sept 2-1901 / Lactarius maculatus 1% / no. 138 in N.Y. Botanical Gardens Hist."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Sep 2, 1901

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (22.2 x 29.8 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper discolored and dirty along edges; smudging of graphite in text; residue of glue on upper edge.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial