Russula bifida

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Russula bifida

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.73

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus executed in shades of lavender, cream, and beige, accompanied by column of text, in pencil, on right side of page: specimen is 3 inches tall with a wavy lavender cap, shaded in darker mauve to indicate depressed center; gills, indicated by fine pencil lines, are partially visible; the creamy stalk is over 1/2 inch thick and shaded with beige along the edge; at top of page in center, "29"; followed beneath with taxonomy as follows: "1. Pileus, firm, convex, expanded, then / somewhat depressed in center, pinkish / lavender sometimes with tints of green / viscid when moist, margin not striate / pealing up from margin about 1/3 distance / at center meat white and rather thick / 2. Gills, white, close- somewhat forked / at base- almost free or very slightly / decurrent / 3. Spores white / 4. /Stipe white solid stuffed / 5. Taste mild / Growing in moist ground in woods / Russula bifida / Buck Hill Falls July 1920 / Pa".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Jul 1920

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-1/8 in

Width

10-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.6 x 26 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Image and text vivid; no visible problems.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial