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Image number: RS.9881
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‘Agaricus (Tricholoma) Colossus’ [Giant Knight 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 Giant Knight Agaricus (Tricholoma) Colossus (modern taxonomy Tricholoma colossus). Two side views of the fungus at different stages of development. Plate 21 from the book Icones selectae hymonomycetum nondum delineatorum, by Elias Fries (Stockholm, 1867). .” Inscribed above: “Fries Icon.Hymenom. 21.” Inscribed below: “AGARICUS (TRICHOLOMA) COLOSSUS.FRIES. R. Fries direx. P. Akerlund del.Lith. o.tr.h. Abrah.Lundquist & Cie.”
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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