[SPECIMEN ALBUM - MUSHROOMS]. Collection of pressed and preserved Basidiomycete mushrooms, including specimens from nature and watercolor drawings. Ca 1915-1917.  

A total of 52 herbarium sheets with pressed and dried specimens in individual folded packets, each packet labeled with captions identifying a scientific name, habitat, and place and date collected. 26 of the herbarium sheets include watercolor drawings; a few of the sheets are organized by family and housed in cardboard folders with a separate label identifying the family name. All loose in a cardboard box with lid.  

Within each packet, the specimens include a cross section slice of the mushroom from apex to base on the right and a full pressed mushroom on the left.   Preserved specimens include culinary, non-edible, and poisonous mushrooms.   Genera include: Thelephoraceae, Clavariaceae, Ochrosporae, Hydnaceae, and Polyporaceae. Other samples include: Hypholoma fasciculare, Gomphidius glutinosus, and Collybia velutipes.  


Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil