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Amanitaceae

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  • The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker.
  • The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1890.
  • The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1893.
  • Panther cap fungus (Amanita pantherina): four fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1898.
  • False death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1895.
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    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.

    Prieur, active 1820-1830. | Date: [1827] | Reference: 20595i
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    The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21341i
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    Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

    | Date: [1855] | Reference: 28013i
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    A fungus (Amanita vaginata): one fruiting body. Watercolour, 1891.

    | Date: 1891 | Reference: 21496i
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    Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

    Burnett, M. A., active 1850. | Date: [1853] | Reference: 23981i
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