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Image number: RS.9880
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‘Agaricus (Amarnita) Strangulaus’ [Snakeskin Grisette mushroom]
Date
1867
Creator - Organisation
Abraham Lundquist & Company , Lithographers
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40294
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height (print): 377mm
width (print): 270mm
width (print): 270mm
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Description
Mycological studies of the Snakeskin grisette Agaricus (Amanita) Strangulatus (modern taxonomy Amanita ceciliae). Two side views of the fungus and one cross-section. Plate 11 from the book Icones selectae hymonomycetum nondum delineatorum, by Elias Fries (Stockholm, 1867). .” Inscribed above: “Fries Icon.Hymenom. 11.” Inscribed below: “AGARICUS (AMARNITA) STRANGULATUS.FR. E. Fries direx. E. Petterson del.Lith. o.tr.h. Abr.Lundquist & Co.”
Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1875.
Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1875.
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