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Image number: RS.9882
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‘Agaricus (Tricholoma) Portentosus’ [Dingy Agaric mushroom] and ‘Agaricus (Tricoloma) Fucatus’
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 Dingy Agaric Agaricus (Tricholoma) Portentosus (modern taxonomy Tricholoma potentosum) and Agaricus (Tricholoma) Fucatus. Three views and a section of each, eight figures in all. Plate 24 from the book Icones selectae hymonomycetum nondum delineatorum, by Elias Fries (Stockholm, 1867). .” Inscribed above: “Fries Icon.Hymenom. 24.” Inscribed below each figure: “AGARICUS (TRICHOLOMA) PORTENTOSUS.FR.” and “AGARICUS (TRICHOLOMA) FUCATUS.FR.” Inscribed below: “E. Fries direx. E. Petterson del.Lith. o.tr.h. Abr.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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