Psilocybe foenisecu

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Psilocybe foenisecu

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.67

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of four slender grey-brown fungi, accompanied to the right by a column of text, in pencil: the specimens range in size from 2 inches, 1 3/4 inches, and 1 1/2 inches; they have gently curving, slender stalks, and conical shaped caps; the caps are dark grey-brown, and the stalks are pale beige; dabs of white highlight the bases where they meet the ground, which is indicated with strokes of beige and brown; at top of page on right side, "Litchfield Conn. June 21 1900"; followed by "Very common on lawn from minute in form / to fairly large and also varying in color from a dull/ dark grey brown to a light chocolate color also / some specimens tinged with red / 1. Taste watery slightly nutty / 2. Surface of Pileus dry, shining, and smooth / slightly viscid when young / umbonate fawn to brown / 3. Lamellae fawn, when young turning dark / brown with age- close wide, heterophyllous adnate / 4. Spores dark brown-oval pointed / 5. Stem stuffed very slender / fleshy"; below this the title(see above).

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Jun 21, 1900

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9 in

Width

11-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Seepage of acid on upper edge with four dark stains as a result; multiple small tears along edges; lower right corner torn off.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial