Fungi Collection (page 3)

Balanus tintinnabulum, balanidae barnacles
Plate 1 by George Sowerby from Charles Darwins Monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species: the Balan

Sticta sp. lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Nephroma sp. lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Elias Fries (1794-1878)
Portrait of Elias Fries, a Swedish born botanist, and professor at the Univeristy of Lund and at the University of Uppsala, specialising in the systematics of fungi

Agaricus rachodes. Plate XXXVIII taken from Illustrations of British Mycology by Hussey, Anna Maria

Agaricus mutabilis. Plate XXVII taken from Illustrations of British Mycology by Hussey, Anna Maria

Polyporus gigantius

Agaricus adustus. Plate LXXIII taken from Illustrations of British Mycology by Hussey, Anna Maria

Polyporus dryadeus. Plate XXI taken from Illustrations of British Mycology by Hussey, Anna Maria

Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen
Lichen shown in its herbarium packet from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Some lichens look virtually the same as dried specimens as in the field

Xanthoria parietina, lichen
Shown here is a maritime sunburst lichen. A photograph of the ascus containing eight ascopores

Myxomycetes, plasmodial slime mould
Scanning electron microscope image of a plasmodial slime mould spore (x12000). This mould spends most of its life as a single cell; when they reproduce they form a slug-like blob that can travel

Lycoperdon coliforme
Plate 1 from Drawings of Submerged Algae (1800) by Mary Dawson Turner. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Clathrus ruber, latticed stinkhorn
Illustration from Nova Plantarum (1729) by Pietro Antonio Micheli, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Baltic amber with swarm of fungus gnats
Upper Eocene, 35 million year old, piece of Baltic amber with swarm of fungus gnats preserved within. Figure 1 in Amber The Natural Time Capsule

Phallus impudicus, George Dionysus Ehret. Sketch 229/230. Phallus found at Bulstrode Nov. 12 1763

Lichens result from an intimate relationship between a fungus and an alga; there are about 18, 000 species

Minakatella longifila, slime mould

Phallus indusiatus, stinkhorn fungus
This painting of a veiled stinkhorn was produced by Pieter de Bevere. The image originates from the Loten Collection (dated 1754-57) held at the Natural History Museum, London

Scobia spinosa, fungus gnat in amber
A fungus gnat length 5.5mm, trapped and preserved in Baltic amber

Fungus gnat in amber
Fungus gnat, about 2mm in length, in Eocene Baltic amber about 40 million years old

Double page spread in a diary for 5-10 September
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 5-10 September. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Book / Verne / Centre Earth
Jounrney to the Centre of the Earth. (Voyage Au Centre De LA Terre) Encountering Giant Fungi

Molluscs / Snails / Foliage
Snails on and around various foliage

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