Lymuopus Caruous

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Lymuopus Caruous

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.132

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper or three fungi in shades of cream and light brown with pencil written text on right side of paper: Group of two large fungi on left with stems meeting at bottom; approximately 5 inches high from cap to end of of stem; approximately 4 inches across both caps; convex caps; caps are cream color shaded with light brown; gills are visable on left fungus; barely visable on the right; stem of left fungus is white, shaded with gray and light brown; stem curves to the right, then sharply back to left; stem on right fungus is cream shaded with gray and light brown; stem is angled toward left where it forms a bulbous end and meets with stem of left fungus; brown paint indicates roots or earth; single fungi on right is approximately 2 1/4 inches high from cap to root' cap is approximately 11/16 of an inch at widest point; cap is convex; white shaded with light brown; stem is white shaded with light brown; curves to the left; brown paint indicates roots or earth; appears to be an immature example of the larger fungi; pencil written text reads; " 1. Pileus convex [?] . fleshy glax alrous / dull. pure white becoming spotted and mottled / with brownish red, sub [/]. context / thick 1 c.m.- white, taste acrid- margin / the [?] 2. Lamellae creamy white becoming darker / crowded - sinuate adnate, narrow- finely / serrulate / 3. Spores white/ 4. Stipe cartilageupus, firm pure / white, becoming stained brownish /red. markedly striate with raised / ridges- 6-16 c.m. long- 5-10 m.m./ [?] deeply ro[?] and flexvous / cluster of 7 sporophorous found/ on base on much decayed stump / amoung oak leaves-/ Buck Hill Falls PA - Aug 28 1921 / -117-/ Lymoupus Caruosus / Spotted Collybia."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Aug 28, 1921

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-11/16 in

Width

12 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 12 in. (22.1 x 30.5 cm)

Material

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Staining on lower right approximatly 4 inches long; does not extend into the drawing

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial