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

The wood blewit fungus (Lepista nuda): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1898.

Common morel (Morchella esculenta): five fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1896.

Field mushroom (Agaricus campestris): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

Parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892.

A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): five fruiting bodies in grass. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.

Wood hedgehog fungus (Hydnum repandum), pennywort plant (Hydrocotyle species) and a sac fungus (Hysterium sphaerioides). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.

A morel (Morchella species): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.

Edible fungi: 19 species, including horse and field mushrooms (Agaricus), morels (Morchella and Helvella) and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.

Velvet shank fungus (Flammulina velutipes) growing on wood. Watercolour, 1893.

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

A morel (Morchella species): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.

Wood hedgehog fungus (Hydnum repandum), pennywort plant (Hydrocotyle species) and a sac fungus (Hysterium sphaerioides). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.

Edible fungi: 19 species, including horse and field mushrooms (Agaricus), morels (Morchella and Helvella) and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.

Velvet shank fungus (Flammulina velutipes) growing on wood. Watercolour, 1893.