Fungi Collection

Mushrooms
A large number of mushroom varieties. Date: 1913

A large variety of mushrooms, 1913. Date: 1913

Wood woollyfoot, Gymnopus peronatus
Poisonous champignon or wood woollyfoot, Gymnopus peronatus (as Marasmius urens and Marasmius peronatus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our

Basidiomycota: filamentous fungi
Coloured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904

Fly agaric, Agaricus muscarius.. Fly agaric, Agaricus muscarius. Chromolithograph of an illustration by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi, Robert Hardwicke

Aspergillus
An SEM image of aspergillus in spore production (x 815 on a standard 9 cm wide print). The moulds are common in the northern hemisphere and some cause disease in humans and animals

Crab-of-the-woods, Laetiporus sulphureus (Polyporus sulphureus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Emetic mushroom, Russula emetica 1, and orange cups, Peziza aurantia 2.. Emetic mushroom, Russula emetica 1, and orange cups, Peziza aurantia 2

Lattice fungus, Clathrus cancellatus.. Lattice fungus, Clathrus cancellatus. Chromolithograph of an illustration by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi

Edible mushroom and fungi varieties. Including truffle, sickener, weeping milkcap, saffron milkcap, golden chanterelle, elfin sadde, Caesars mushroom, coral mushroom and morel. Lithograph by J.H

Water horsetail, Equisetum fluviatile
Water horsetail or swamp horsetail, Equisetum fluviatile, Equiseto dei fiumi, Coda di cavallo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Orders of flowers: Siliculosa, Seliquosa, Polygamia, Monogamia, Filicus, Fungi, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Mushroom species
Mushroom and fungi species including stinkhorn, earthstar, puffball, rust, mold, etc. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart

Truffle, Tuber melanosporum, mushroom species, and tree moss, Muscus arborum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Edible mushrooms, Cryptogames alimentaires. Field mushroom, Agaricus campestris, chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius, king bolete, Boletus edulis, morel, Morchella esculenta, white truffle

Fly agaric mushroom and imperial mushroom
Fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, imperial mushroom, Amanita aurantiaca. Amanites. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lagesse after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Cuscus, yellow-bellied glider, feathertail
Northern common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis 3, yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis 4, feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus 5, Peziza fungi 1 and Psygmatocerus wagleri beetle 2

Scotch bonnet or fairy ring mushroom, Marasmius oreades. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

St. Georges mushroom, Calocybe gambosa (Agaricus gambosus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Giant puffball, common puffball and pestle puffball
Giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea (Lycoperdon giganteum), common puffball, Lycoperdon gemmatum, and pestle puffball, Handkea excipuliformis (Lycoperdon saccatum)

White saddle or elfin saddle mushroom, Helvella crispa. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York

Common morel mushroom, Morchella esculenta. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Pink coral fungus, Ramaria formosa
Pink coral fungus or beautiful clavaria, Ramaria formosa (Clavaria formosa). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools

Bearded hedgehog mushroom, Hericium erinaceus
Lions mane mushroom, bearded hedgehog mushroom, Hericium erinaceus (Hydnum caput-medusae). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible

Hedgehog mushroom, Hydnum repandum
Sweet tooth, wood hedgehog or hedgehog mushroom, Hydnum repandum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Frosts bolete and bitter bolete
Frosts bolete, Exsudoporus frostii (Boletus alveolatus) and bitter bolete, Tylopilus felleus (Boletus felleus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his

Old man of the woods, Strobilomyces strobilaceus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Suede bolete and red cracking bolete
Suede bolete, Xerocomus subtomentosus (Boletus subtomentosus), and red cracking bolete, Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Boletus chrysenteron)

Birch bolete, Leccinum scabrum (Boletus scaber). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

King bolete mushroom, Boletus edulis. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Golden chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Saffron milk cap, Lactarius deliciosus
Saffron milk cap or red pine mushroom, Lactarius deliciosus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Common ink cap or inky cap, Coprinus atramentarius. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Shaggy ink cap, Coprinus comatus
Shaggy ink cap, lawyers wig or shaggy mane, Coprinus comatus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Elm oyster mushroom, Hypsizygus ulmarius (Agaricus ulmarius). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Oyster mushroom, Agaricus ostreatus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

The sickener, Russula emetica
The sickener, emetic russula or vomiting russula, Russula emetica. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms

Edible russulae mushrooms: greasy green brittlegill, Russula heterophylla, Russula alutacea, and rosy russula, Russula rosea (Russula lepida)

Green brittlegill mushroom, Russula virescens. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper, New York, 1895

Pasture mushroom, Macrolepiota procera (Agaricus procerus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, Harper

Fools mushroom, Amanita verna
Deadly amanita, fools mushroom, destroying angel or the mushroom fool, Amanita verna (Amanita vernus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our

Verdigris mushroom or verdigris agaric, Stropharia aeruginosa, Fungi, Cryptogamia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Worthington George Smith (1835-1917)
Portrait of Worthington George Smith, an English botanist who specialised in fungi and lichens

Rozsika Rothschild (1870-1940)
Hungarian baroness, champion tennis player and wife of Charles Rothschild, she resided in Tring Park where the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum was founded

Fairy ring champignon, Marasmius oreades 1, false champignon 2, and nagelschwamme 3.. Fairy ring champignon, Marasmius oreades 1, false champignon, Marasmius peronatus 2, and nagelschwamme

Pleurotus ostreatus, oyster mushroom
Shown here is the fan-shaped oyster mushroom fungus. This specimen originates from the Natural History Museum, London

Lycogala epidendrum, Wolfs Milk
Watercolour on paper, c.1838 by Anna Russell (nee Worsley) (1807-1876). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1838

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