Vineriarius flavorubeceous (Att) Murrill

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Vineriarius flavorubeceous (Att) Murrill

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.85

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of two fungi executed in shades of yellow, white, and brown, accompanied by column of text, in pencil, on right side of page: specimen to the right measures 3 inches in height and 1 3/8 inches across convex cap; golden-yellow cap is punctuated by multiple white patches or warts; the striated edge is conveyed with fine pencil lines; a yellow edged white "skirt" is visible below the cap; the pale yellow curving stalk is 1/2 inch thick at widest point, and terminates in brown, indicating earth; specimen to left measures 4 1/2 inches in height and 2 7/8 inches across the hemispherical cap; also punctuated with white and deep yellow patches; white veil with yellow rimmed ring descends 1 1/4 inches beneath cap; stalk is 3/8 inch thick and termiates in brown to indicate earth; taxonomy to right of drawings is as follows: "1. Pileus convex to expanded, scattered or gregarious, soft yellow darker brownish / in center, margin paler, striate. / Adorned with fluccose yellowish patches / remnants of the volva, dry, glabrous / 5-8 cm / 2. Lamellae white, subdistant, inserted / free or nearly so. / 3. Spores white / 4. Stipe whitish tinged with yellow / enlarged below and somewhat rooting / fibrillose, tinged with red at the / base when handled or bruised / roughend / 5. Veil white persistent edge / with fluccose yellow, like scales / on pileus, and also, several (indecipherable word) / more or less irregular remain / on the base of stipe. / Growing on lawn under oaks / Riverdale July 7 1921 / 10- / Vinevarius flavorubeceous (att) Murrill."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Notes

Date made: July 7,1921

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (21 x 29.8 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Edges soiled; graphite smudged in section one, labelled "Pileus" ; unintended pencil mark to right of section three, labelled "Spores".

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial