The History of Mycological Illustration

 

1830
These plates were hand colored and issued with a series of wax models. Trattnick was also the first to use the term "mycelium".
Plate [copperplate engraving]

Trattinnick, Leopold, 1764-1849.
Fungi austriaci delectu singulari iconibus XL observationibusque illustrati auctore Leopoldo Trattinnick.

[Wien, C. Gerold, 1830.]

Image Courtesy of the Farlow Library of Cryptogamic Botany

 

Previous image - 1821, The first plates of American fungi
Next image - 1851, Mycological illustrators now began to show the inner workings of the fungi.

 

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