The History of Mycological Illustration

 

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1860
Among the first mycological works printed using lithography.
Plate XII [lithography]

Price, Sarah.
Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods.
Drawn from natural specimens by Sarah Price.

[Published for the author by Lovell Reeve & Co., 5, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1864-65.]

Image Courtesy of the Farlow Library of Cryptogamic Botany

 

Previous image - 1851, Mycological illustrators now began to show the inner workings of the fungi.
Next image - 1904, An early example of tri-color printing.

 

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