Pholiota

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Pholiota

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.98

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi in shades of gold, yellow, and brown, accompanied by column of text, in pencil, to right of page: the larger specimen to the right measures 4 1/2 inches in height, including the "log" on which it is anchored, and 3 1/2 inches across cap; the broad bell-shaped to convex cap is gold with highly visible gills beneath; the stalk curves to the right and is bulbous at the base; a frilly "skirt" rings the stalk 1/2 inch beneath the cap; brown striations give texture to the yellow and beige stalk; smaller specimen to the left measures 1 5/8 inches in height and has a yellow convex cap with barely visible gill area; stalk curves to the left and is bulbous at the base; taxonomy to the right is as follows: "1. Pileus convex to expanded sub-umbonate / context thick in the center yellowish taste / strong bitter, surface dry minutely pubescent / margin thin at first involute, odor / strong. / 2. Lamellae adnate, notched, decurrent / by a tooth broad, emarginate inserted / pale yellow, becoming darker, close but not / crowded. / 3. Spores ferruginous / 4. Stipe concolorous, paler above / the annulus, darker yellow below / apex mealy, base enlarged and / reticulate with dark brown lines / yellow within in some cases hollow. / Growing gregarious on rotten log in / woods / Annulus thick felty, ferruginous / above and marked by the pressure of the / lamellae- / Pholiota. / M.P. / Annandale N.Y. Aug 1922, 1."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Aug 1922

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

11 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 11 in. (22.2 x 27.9 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: A few pencil and watercolor marks on back; several watercolor spots on front; some erasure of words noted in the text at end of section number 1and number 4; some soiling around edges.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial