Lepiota procera

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Lepiota procera

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.107

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of three fungi in shades of beige, brown, and cream, accompanied by text, in pencil, on the right: specimens have conical to bell-shaped caps covered with concentric rings of scales, and long slender stalks; specimen to far right measures 5 3/4 inches in height; specimen in the center measures 7 1/2 inches in height and has a visible ring on the stalk (beneath cap); and specimen to left measures 5 3/4 inches in height; all have slender stalks which terminate in bulbous foot; text at right reads as follows: "Growing in sandy soil, in pasture land / 1. Taste mealy / 2. Surface of Pileus dry, shiny, scaly, with / remnants of veil at the edge / 3. Lamellae white wide, close, somewhat / heterophyllous joined in a circle round stem / 4. Spores white oval- round, hyaline / 5. Stem with a cartilagenous rind, stuffed, / bulbous- / 6. Gill thick white, having a brownish base / which remains as an annulous / base of stem bulbous, but no visible / investing volva / Lepiota procera".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1900 - 1919

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

11-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (22.2 x 28.6 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Puckering of paper along upper edge; soiling along edges; watercolor dots noted in text (Section 5) and at lower right edge.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial