Yellow Russula

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Yellow Russula

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.79

Description

Watercolor drawing on paper of a single fungus executed in shades of gold, brown, cream, and beige, accompanied by text, in pencil, on right side of page: the fungus measures 2 1/4 inches in height, and 2 inches at widest point; the slightly domed cap is executed in shades of gold, with a depression in center conveyed by pencil shading; brown patches on either side of cap may connote dirt; the stubby stalk is 5/8 inch thick and executed in cream with beige shading; at top center, "66", followed by taxonomy: 1.Pileus convex plane then recurred/ viscid when moist, smooth firm/ 2 to 4 inch-/ 2. Taste mild pleasant/ 3. Lamellae, white, rather wide/ even, free, subdistant; 4. Spores white/ 5. Stipe white, stuffed becoming/ hollow, slightly enlarged below./ Growing in leaf mold in woods/ several together/ Buck Hill Falls/ Penn Jully 16, 1920/ Yellow Russula/ Russula fingibilis".

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Artist

Date made

Jul 16, 1920

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names

Name Type

Other Title

Other Name

Russula fingibilis

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.1 x 25.4 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), Pencil, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Four small, orange marks on front on right side, within text; crease and missing corner at lower left corner; crease at right lower corner; small circular soil mark above image in front.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial