Tubaria furfuracea

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Tubaria furfuracea

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.70

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of three fungi in shades of brown and beige, accompanied to the right, by text: the center specimen is the tallest at almost one inch, and it is flanked by two small specimens measuring approximately one half inch; cap of specimen to the far right is upturned making the gills visible; middle specimen has depressed, scalloped-edged cap; specimen to left has partially visible gills; stalks are delicate and fringed with fibers; at base, ground is indicated by swatch of brown; taxonomy to the right is as follows: "1. Pileus brown, slightly depressed, convex to sub- / expanded, margin inrolled, then striate, / granular / 2. Lamellae rusty brown- decurrent, / subdistant, heterophyllous / 3. Spores rusty brown / 4. Stipe very slender brown, furnished / with very delicate squamules / 5. Taste watery. / Growing on leaves and twigs / Aug 11, 1901. Bar Harbor Me. / Tubaria furfuraceae Pers. / no 93. NY Botanical Gardens Hist.".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Notes

Date made: August 11,1901

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Several small soil marks visible, ie: at the "o" in the word "Harbor".

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial