Accession No

4991

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing the fungus Phycomyces, by Sydney Howard Vines, English, mid- to late 19th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Vines, Sydney Howard

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1865

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

783mm tall; 665mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘Phycomyces.’ (bottom left)

Description Notes

Watercolours in brown showing sporangia and zygospores of Phycomyces.
Top right are sporangia, showing spores inside.
Top left is a donut shape with fungal ‘roots’ growing out.
Bottom picture is of the donut shape with a more advanced mycelium.
Hand inked heading at bottom.
Fair condition.

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