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Mycology

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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.

Catalogue

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

    | Date: 1999
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    A fungus (Agaricus gloiocephalus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

    | Date: 1899 | Reference: 21316i
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    A fungus (Pholiota squarrosa). Watercolour, 1897.

    | Date: 1897 | Reference: 21488i
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    Devil's bolete fungus (Boletus satanus). Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.

    Baker, R., active 1898. | Date: 1896 | Reference: 21498i
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    An unidentified fungus: two fruiting bodies on wood, both life sized and enlarged. Watercolour by M. Webber, 1889.

    | Date: 1889 | Reference: 21673i
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