Blusher mushroom
Date
1868
Object type
Library reference
Woolhope Transactions_1868_pp200-201
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 138mm
width (print): 138mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Mycological study of Amanita rubescens (here referred to as Agaricus amanita rubescens) commonly known as the Blusher.
Plate at pp.202/203 of the paper ‘Illustrations of the edible funguses of Herefordshire’, by H.G.Bull, Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club, 1868 (Times Office, Hereford, 1869) pp.196-203.
The accompanying text states that: ‘The whole plant has a tendency to turn sienna red, or rust colour. This is very distinctly shown some little time after it has been bruised….It is very common all through the summer and autumn months; indeed one of the most abundant mushrooms.’
With the monogram of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club. Inscribed below: ‘Agaricus (Amanita) rubescens. Brown Warty Agaric.’
Dr Henry Graves Bull (1818-1885) physician and naturalist, founder of the British Mycological Society.
Plate at pp.202/203 of the paper ‘Illustrations of the edible funguses of Herefordshire’, by H.G.Bull, Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club, 1868 (Times Office, Hereford, 1869) pp.196-203.
The accompanying text states that: ‘The whole plant has a tendency to turn sienna red, or rust colour. This is very distinctly shown some little time after it has been bruised….It is very common all through the summer and autumn months; indeed one of the most abundant mushrooms.’
With the monogram of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club. Inscribed below: ‘Agaricus (Amanita) rubescens. Brown Warty Agaric.’
Dr Henry Graves Bull (1818-1885) physician and naturalist, founder of the British Mycological Society.
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