The History of Mycological Illustration

 

1905
One of the earliest examples of photographs of fungi, both black & white and hand tinted, being used to illustrate a work.
Plates Geaster and Clavarius [photography]

Marshall, Nina Lovering
The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi…

[Doubleday, 1905]

Image Courtesy of the Farlow Library of Cryptogamic Botany

 

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