Fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi

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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.

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

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.

Brown wood mushrooms (Agaricus silvaticus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1891.

A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): six fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1897.

Two parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera) and a shaggy parasol mushroom (Lepiota rhacodes). Watercolour, 1898.

False death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1895.

A fungus (Coprinus micaceus): group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.

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.

British edible fungi : how to distinguish and how to cook them : with coloured figures of upwards of forty species / by M.C. Cooke.

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

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Edible mushrooms

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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.

British edible fungi : how to distinguish and how to cook them : with coloured figures of upwards of forty species / by M.C. Cooke.

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

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

Edible mushrooms

Images from the collections

Images referencing Edible mushrooms

Works from the collections

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.

British edible fungi : how to distinguish and how to cook them : with coloured figures of upwards of forty species / by M.C. Cooke.

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

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

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