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Coprinaceae

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  • Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1894.
  • A fungus (Coprinus niveus): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
  • A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): five fruiting bodies in grass. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): six fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1897.
  • A fungus (Coprinus micaceus): group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
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    Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1894.

    | Date: 1894 | Reference: 21548i
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    Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): fruiting bodies on soil. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21549i
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    A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): six fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1897.

    | Date: 1897 | Reference: 21546i
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    A fungus (Psathyrella candolleana): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.

    Wheeler, Edwin, 1833-1909. | Date: 1888 | Reference: 21244i
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    A fungal fruiting body (Coprinus species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 December 1830 | Reference: 24176i
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