Name/Title
Pholiota synarrosaEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.99Description
Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi clusters in shades of brown and beige, accompanied to right of page by a column of text: cluster to right consists of two fungi; the caps are hemispherical to broadly convex and covered with darker recurved scales; the stalks are markedly curved upward toward the right, and ringed with scaly outgrowths; gills are visible in the upper specimen; height of both measures 4 1/2 inches and 4 3/4 inches across; at base are two small specimens with round scaly caps; cluster to the left is much smaller at 1 3/4 inches in height; it consists of two fungi having brown ovoid heads with spiky scales and scaly beige stalks; taxonomy to right is as follows: "Growing on fallen hemlock- gregarious / 1. Taste sweet, quite strong, like smell / 2. Surface of Pileus dry shiny, scaly- / 3. Lamellae light brown, turning / darker with age- heterophyllous, wide / close, free, sinuate / 4. Spores brown, hardly light enough to be / called rusty / 5. Stem fleshy, stuffed- scaly / 6. Gill white thick, leaving remaining in an / irregular annulus / Sept 2nd 1900 Litchfield Conn. / Pholiota synarrosa."Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
ArtistNotes
Date made: Sept. 2, 1900Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8-3/4 inWidth
11-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (22.2 x 29.2 cm)Material
Paper (laid), Pencil, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Tiny watercolor dots seen on front, in text section; tiny pencil marks also evident to left of image; soiling along edges and at corners; left lower corner missing tip.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial