Branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi

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A fungus (Agaricus laevis): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.

A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.

A fungus (Agaricus gloiocephalus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

A fungus (Pleurotus dryinus): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.

Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1894.

Blewit fungus (Lepista saeva): two fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1897.

A cup fungus (Peziza species): five fruiting bodies. Watercolour by C. Bucknall, 1894.

A fungus (Coprinus niveus): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

Hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale) and eight types of cup fungi (Peziza species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1823.

A fungus (Pleurotus ulmarius): a group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.

Five fungi, including two Boletus species, with anatomical detail. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.

A bracket fungus (Coriolus versicolor): a large group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1902.

The challenge of fungal infection beyond 2000 / edited by J. A. Child.

A fungus (Pholiota squarrosa). Watercolour, 1897.

Devil's bolete fungus (Boletus satanus). Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.

An unidentified fungus: two fruiting bodies on wood, both life sized and enlarged. Watercolour by M. Webber, 1889.

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Mycology

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The challenge of fungal infection beyond 2000 / edited by J. A. Child.

A fungus (Agaricus gloiocephalus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

A fungus (Pholiota squarrosa). Watercolour, 1897.

Devil's bolete fungus (Boletus satanus). Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.

An unidentified fungus: two fruiting bodies on wood, both life sized and enlarged. Watercolour by M. Webber, 1889.

Mycology

Images from the collections

Images referencing Mycology

Works from the collections

The challenge of fungal infection beyond 2000 / edited by J. A. Child.

A fungus (Agaricus gloiocephalus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

A fungus (Pholiota squarrosa). Watercolour, 1897.

Devil's bolete fungus (Boletus satanus). Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.

An unidentified fungus: two fruiting bodies on wood, both life sized and enlarged. Watercolour by M. Webber, 1889.

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