Accession No

5108

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Xanthoria parietinas: thallus and spermagonium, by Kny

Origin

Maker

Kny

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 675mm; height 825mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

Xanthoria

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart. Xanthoria parietinas: thallus and spermagonium. Maker Kny

Botanical teaching diagram of Xanthoria, a lichen species. The wallchart consists of 3 seperate diagrams, diagram one being a large central cross section through the spermagonium.

The original title of the chart has been pasted out and a new title “Xanthoria” has been hand painted over the top. In the bottom left hand corner somebody has carried out some hand written calculations which have since been crossed out.

Paper backed onto cloth.

Good condition.

References

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