Russula abietina Peek

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.80

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi executed in shades of pale yellow, cream, and brownish-green, accompanied to the right by a column of text in pencil: the fungi to the right meaures 3 1/4 inches in height; its brownish-green, funnel-shaped cap has a deep depression in the center, delineated by dark brown shading; a narrow rim of gills is delineated with fine pencil lines over pale yellow; the narrow stalk is cream colored with light grey shading; the fungi to the left measures 3 1/2 inches in height with a deeply inset funnel-shaped cap and broadly visible, upturned gills; both are anchored with strokes of dark brown; on right side of page a taxonomy beneath the number "151" : "1. Pileus, plane-then slightly depressed / viscid when moist, greenish brown, striate / on the margin / 2. Lamellae white becoming ochraceous / heterophyllous close, but not crowded / rather wide, free- very even- almost / all the same length / 3. Spores deep ochraceous / 4. Stipe white, rather long, hollow / slimy, slightly enlarged at / the base / Taste mild / Growing in damp woods, singly / Russula abietina Peek / Buck Hill Falls Pa Aug 1920 / Pa ".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Aug 1920

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7 in

Width

9-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 x 9 7/8 in. (17.8 x 25.1 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Watercolor image looks to be in good condition; yellowing around edges of paper.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial