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Lycoperdaceae

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  • A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.
  • A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.
  • Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour, 1886.
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    A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21584i
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    Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.

    Prieur, active 1820-1830. | Date: [1827] | Reference: 20596i
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    A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 May 1831 | Reference: 24200i
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    A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour, 1897.

    | Date: 1897 | Reference: 21583i
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    A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.

    | Date: 21 January 1815 | Reference: 25524i
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