Toadstools Collection

Fairy Revels
Enchanting illustration showing fairies dancing in a ring underneath a toadstool while pixies, elves and sprites watch and hold lamps. c.1925

Fairies and toadstools, from The Dream Pedlar. 1914

Two fairies clasping each other, from The Password to Fairyland -- Then they flew together and clasped in a tight embrace. 20th century

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

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

Goblins spying on witches on a Christmas card
Goblins spying on two witches with a cooking pot on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fairy Time - A seated fairy blows a dandelion head
Fairy Time - A seated fairy queen blowing the seeds off a dandelion seed head, whilst two sprites rest nearby under two toadstools Date: 1939

The Fairy Lantern, by Grace Jones Date: 1937

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

Toadstools, Agaricus semi-globatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London

Cutout birthday card, age 8, with two goblins, a watering can and toadstool houses. Date: circa 1920s

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

Fairies on a handmade Christmas and New Year card
Two fairies in a field on a handmade Christmas and New Year card, with pop-up greetings in the shape of mushrooms or toadstools. Date: circa 1890s

Within the Magic Circle -- two little girls encounter some fairies. Date: circa 1920s

Pinkie and the Fairies by W Graham Robertson
Promotional postcard for Pinkie and the Fairies by W. Graham Robertson. First produced at His Majestys Theatre, 19th December 1908. Artist: Hilda Austin. Date: 1908

Pinke and the Fairies by W Graham Robertson
Promotional postcard for Pinkie and the Fairies by W. Graham Robertson. First produced at His Majestys Theatre, 19th December 1908. For the tour to Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool, 11th April 1910

Colourful toadstools on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pixie painting toadstools
A pixie paints the toadstools in Pixyland. Date: c. 1930

The Fairy in the Blossom -- two children encounter a fairy sitting on a tree branch of pink blossom. Date: circa 1920s

A Fairy Vision -- a little girl lies on the grass, looking up at a vision of fairies mixed in with the soap bubbles she is blowing. Date: circa 1920s

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

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

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