Fungus Collection (page 2)

Saddle mushrooms
White saddle mushrooms, Helvella pityophila and Helvella crispa, and elastic saddle, Helvella elastica. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Morel and jelly baby mushrooms
Half-free morel, Morchella semilibera, jelly baby, Leotia lubrica, and false morel, Verpa digitaliformis. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Puffball and earthstar mushrooms
Spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum, earthball, Scleroderma citrinum (Scleroderma vulgare), fringed earthstar, Geaster fimbriatus and Tulostoma fimbriatum (Tulostoma granulosum)

Edible parasol mushroom, Lepiota procera and poisonous Lepiota helveola. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Puffball mushrooms
Fluted birds nest, Cyathus striatus, spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum (Lycoperdon gemmatum), Lycoperdon piriforme, giant pasture puffball, Mycenastrum corium, and paltry puffball

Wood-decay fungus and cauliflower fungus
Wood-decay fungus, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum gausapatum (Stereum spadiceum), Peniophora quercina (Corticium quercinum) and cauliflower fungus, Sparassis crispa

Tinder fungus or hoof fungus, Fomes fomentarius (Polyporus fomentarius). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst

Rye ergot fungus, Claviceps purpurea. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Psathyrella spadicea, Pholiota squarrosus
Psathyrella spadicea mushroom 1, shaggy scalycap, Pholiota squarrosus 2, and scarlet-stemmed bolete, Boletus calopus 3. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Bamboo fungus, scarab beetles and wombat
Bamboo fungus, Phallus indusiatus 1, scarab dung beetles, Coprophanaeus ensifer 2 and Diabroctis mimas 3, and common wombat, Vombatus ursinus 4. Phallus, phanee, phascolome

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

Gigantic oak leather, Xylostroma giganteum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Truffle, morel, and coral mushrooms
Sclerotium semen 1, Thanotophytum crocorum 2, truffle, Tuber cibarium 3, coral mushroom, Clavulina coralloides 4, Clavulina amethystina 5, Ramaria botrytis 6, Clavariadelphus pistillaris 7

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

FAIRY RING
Fairy Ring in the Tyrol, formed by fungus Spathularia Flavida Date: late 19th century

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

Poisonous stinkhorn mushroom, Phallus impudicus, and birds nest fungus, Cyathus hirsutus.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)

Honey fungus, Armillaria bulbigera and A robusta
Honey fungus, Armillaria bulbigera and A. robusta.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)

Dry rot fungus, Merulius lacrymans.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)

FUNGI False Morel - on taiga-forest floor near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement (Gyromitra esculenta). Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia

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

Liposcelis bostrychophilus, booklouse
A booklouse is any of numerous species of tiny wingless insects which feed on the starches and moulds found on in books and on paper

Clavulinopsis miniata - Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, signed, 1806-10. Botany Library, Ferdinand Bauer Plant Drawings. Mabberley & Moore No. 236

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

Coral fungus, Clavaria dichotoma, suspect, white coral fungus, Clavulina cinerea, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Golden coral fungus, Ramaria aurea, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Bracket fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, and Albatrellus confluens, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, edible, and red cracking bolete, Xerocomus chrysenteron.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Spindleshank fungus, Gymopus fusipes, and Shaggy scalycap, Pholiota squarrosa, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Leaf fungi, Circinaria epiphylla.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by C

Fragment of a woody branch of vine attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

Marriage contract (ketubbah) between Abraham, son of Mussa and Yahya Salem al-Cohen al- Araqi, and Rumiyyeh, daughter of Abraham Salem al-Sheikh al-Levi. Sana a, Yemen, 1794

Disease of the vines. Engraving of 1853
Bunch of grapes partially attacked by the vegetative part of a fungus or mycelium in the first days of July. Illustration for La Maladie des Vignes (The disease of the vines)

Mushroom Russula sp. in tundra near Dikson (Russula sp.). Russian Arctic. August

Spotted Stream Frog watches for prey from an old tree-fungi, near a small stream in primary rainforest (Rana picturata (Boulenger))

Fungi on a fallen tree branch (unidentified), on rainforest floor in primary rainforest. river Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Mushrooms and flowering plant Saxifraga hirculus (Saxifraga hirculus). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. August, raining

Plaster mould recording the original shape of the Koh-i-Noor
Made in 1851 before the diamond was re-cut to a brilliant oval. This cast records the Mogul-style cut of the Koh-i-Noor diamond

Lobaria pulmonaria, lichen
A cut-out of a lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Cetraria islandica, lichen
A cut-out of a branching lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Usnea inflata, beard lichen
And Hypogymnia physodes (right), Burnham Beeches, Bucks, W. London. The former is a recent colonist following reductions in SO2 pollution

Neanura ?muscorum, plant mould
A magnifiied image of oak leaf mould. Specimen originates from Horstead, Norwich

Bonnet
Collected during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Various fungi
Plate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas 1870. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Cryptogames alimentaires

Bolete sp. bolete mushrooms
Plate 24 from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles, Vol 8, depicting various types and views of bolete mushrooms

Amanita sp. amanita mushrooms
Plate 10 depicting two different species of amanite mushrooms from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles, Vol 8

Lichen
This is an example of one of Sri Lankas very rich diversity of lichens

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