Name/Title
Strobilomyces strobilaceusEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.109Description
Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi in shades of black, pale brown, and cream, accompanied to the right of image by column of text, in pencil: also called "Old Man of the Woods" (Mushrooms of Northeast North America, p. 159), these mushrooms have convex caps with thick, fibrous, black scales; specimen on the right measures 3 1/2 inches in height and 2 3/4 inches across cap; the shaggy convex cap is covered with brown and cream colored scales; the shaggy stalk is brownish-black and curves to the right at its base; specimen on the left measures 3 inches in height and 1 3/8 inches across the domed cap; cap is also covered in cream and brown scaly protrusions; shaggy stalk is gently curved to the left; at top of page in center is the number "25"; beneath is taxonomy as follows: "1. Pileus hemispherical to convex, shaggy / from large blackish coarse scales / Margin fringed with scales and fragments / of the veil / 2. Tubes adnate whitish becoming brown and / blackish in older plants. The mouths are / large and angular and change color where / bruised / 3. Stem even or slightly tapering upwards / grooved and very tomentous, with soft scales / concolorous- / 4. Spores dark brown- / Growing on sandy soil, by roadside in / woods / Buck Hill Falls July 1920 / Penn. / Strobilomyces strobilaceus".Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Violetta White DelafieldAttribution
ArtistDate made
Jul 1920Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8 inWidth
10-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.3 x 26 cm)Material
Paper (wove), Pencil, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Discoloration at edges of paper; a few stray pencil marks in body of text.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial