Pholiota

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Pholiota

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.122

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus in shades of yellow-orange, white, and pale brown, accompanied to the right, by column of text, in pencil: specimen measures 2 1/8 inches in height and 2 1/2 inches across wide, indented cap; cap is yellow-orange with orange-brown spots dotting the surface; gills and stalk are white; a pale brown ring below gills is visible; stalk is stubby and shaded in pale brown; taxonomy to right is as follows: "1. Pileus expanded slightly depressed / fleshy, slightly viscid when moist / yellow covered with darker spots / darker in center, margin thin with / remnants of veil / 2. Lamellae greyish, crowded / sinuate adnate or decurrent by a / small tooth, inserted / 3. Spores purple brown / 4. Stipe stout white flaky / stuffed cylindric / 5. Veil thick flocose below scaly / white below, greyish brown above / Singly in light woods / Buck Hill Falls Pa July 1921 / 23 / Pholiota (second word is unrecognizable)".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Jul 1921

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6-1/4 in

Width

9 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 9 in. (15.9 x 22.9 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Residue along right edge; smudging of title making it difficult to decipher second word, missing tip of left lower corner.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial

Note Type

Title Note

Note

Second word of title unrecognizable, and not found in reference books.