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Cantharellaceae

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  • Wood hedgehog fungus (Hydnum repandum), pennywort plant (Hydrocotyle species) and a sac fungus (Hysterium sphaerioides). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.
  • Three types of fungi, including a Cantharellus species. Watercolour.
  • Eight fungi, including the fly agaric, chanterelle, Boletus edulis, field mushroom, puff ball, morel, dry-rot and ergot. Chromolithograph.
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    Wood hedgehog fungus (Hydnum repandum), pennywort plant (Hydrocotyle species) and a sac fungus (Hysterium sphaerioides). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.

    | Date: 31 March 1810 | Reference: 25544i
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    Four types of fungi, including two possible Agaricus species. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22763i
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    A fungus, known in Japan as the kau mushroom: four fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23406i
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    Eight fungi, including the fly agaric, chanterelle, Boletus edulis, field mushroom, puff ball, morel, dry-rot and ergot. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 20410i
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    Three types of fungi, including a Cantharellus species. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23226i
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