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Lot 386

Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022 9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022 9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 - 800
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[SPECIMEN ALBUM - MUSHROOMS]. Collection of pressed and preserved Basidiomycete mushrooms, including specimens from nature and watercolor drawings. Ca 1915-1917. 


A total of 52 herbarium sheets with pressed and dried specimens in individual folded packets, each packet labeled with captions identifying a scientific name, habitat, and place and date collected. 26 of the herbarium sheets include watercolor drawings; a few of the sheets are organized by family and housed in cardboard folders with a separate label identifying the family name. All loose in a cardboard box with lid. 

Within each packet, the specimens include a cross section slice of the mushroom from apex to base on the right and a full pressed mushroom on the left.  Preserved specimens include culinary, non-edible, and poisonous mushrooms.  Genera include: Thelephoraceae, Clavariaceae, Ochrosporae, Hydnaceae, and Polyporaceae. Other samples include: Hypholoma fasciculare, Gomphidius glutinosus, and Collybia velutipes. 


Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil

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