Nidulariales

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Nidulariales

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.82

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of three "bird's nest" fungi in shades of beige and golden brown, accompanied to right of drawings by several pencil lines of text: all three specimens reside on twigs or wood; they are cup-shaped, and look like tiny bird's nests, complete with eggs; color of fungi range from tawny gold with brown shading (top specimen), to greyish-brown (specimen to right), to pale yellow (lower image); the lower most specimen consists of a primary fungus (at tip of twig), in addition to three small fungi located on the twig branch and at the bifurcation of the branch; the three primary specimens are 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch in size; the "eggs" or spores are visible inside each cup-shaped "nest" (see National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, 1981, p.827); the following text appears on right side of page, "Sept 10-1900. Litchfield Conn / Nidulariales / Crucibulum vulgare / Growing on small twigs and dead leaves / Peridium bowl shaped cottony".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Notes

Date made: Sept. 10,1900

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names

Name Type

Other Title

Other Name

Crucibulum vulgare

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

11-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (22.2 x 29.2 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper soiled along edges; right edge, left upper corner, right lower corner and upper edge have tears; smudge in left upper corner; two dots of pencil or watercolor visible on front.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial