Accession No

5408

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Geaster: various forms.

Origin

Maker

Kohl

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 850mm; height 1178mm

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

‘Bot.Wandtafeln von F.G.Kohl: Serie III.Pilze.Gasteromycetes Geaster.’ (above diagram)
‘I.u.IV. Geaster coliformis Fr.II.u.III. Geaster hygrometricus Pers.V.Geaster Bryantii Berk.
Verlag von Gebr.Gotthelft,Kassel,Konigl.Hof.-Buch u.Steindruckerei. H.Jonas, lith.’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Geaster in various forms. There are five diagrams. Diagrams are printed, one is coloured. They are labelled with Roman numerals. The text beneath the diagrams is the key to this. Four of the diagrams have individual structures labelled.
Inscriptions are printed across the top and bottom.
Reference numbers are in the top right and bottom right corners.

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