Accession No

6130

Brief Description

eight boxes containing plaster models of fungi sitting in bed of dried moss, by A. V. Losecke and F. A. Bosemann for Professor Paul Buchner, German

Origin

Germany

Maker

Losecke, A. V. Bosemann, F. A. Buchner, Paul [commissioner]

Class

natural history; physiology

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

plaster; organic (dried moss); paper (cardboard); wood; metal

Dimensions

Length 305mm; width 210mm; height 140mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Trevor Philips and Sons, 75a Jermyn Street, St Jance’s, London, SW1Y 6NP on or before 12/06/2007. Purchased with a grant-in-aid from the Prism grant.

Inscription

(on top of each box)
“Prof. Buchner’s
PLASTISCHE PILZE
herausgegeben
von
A.v.Losecke u. F.A.Bosemann
Hildburghausen
[number, in roman numerals, of box].LIEFERUNG”

Description Notes

8 boxes containing models of types of fungi which are made in plaster and painted, and attached to a painted wooden base with a metal pin. Sides of box are hinged along their length half-way up, and fold down to make more easily readable the labels stuck thereon. Labels give fungus name in latin and in common German, and have numbers corresponding to small black numbers painted on models. Box contains a bed of real, dried moss.

Box 6130.1 [box label is missing] contains specimens:
490: Lycoperdon Bovista Linn (in two parts)
378: Helvella esculenta Pers (in two parts)
334: Craterellus clavatus Fries
444: Clavaria flava Pers
305: Hydnum repandum Linn
306: Hydnum imbricatum Linn
495: Tuber cibarium Sibth
256: Polyporous umbellatus Fries
372: Morchella esculenta Pers
214: Cantharellus cibarius Fries (in two parts)
257: Polyporous frondosus Fries
445: Clavaria Botrytis Pers
373: Morchella conica Pers (in two parts)

Box 6130.2 [box labelled “II LIEFERUNG”] contains specimens:
118: Agaricus ulmarius Bull
131: Agaricus caperatus Pers (in two parts)
10: Agaricus procerus Scop (in two parts)
116: Agaricus ostreatus lacq
23: Agaricus puniceus Fries (in two parts)
191: Agaricus comatus Mull (in two parts, one of which is so tall it has to lie down for the box to close)
17: Agaricus pratensis Pers (in two parts)
29: Agaricus Russula Scaeff (in two parts)
14: Agaricus mellus Vahl (in three parts)
20: Agaricus ceraceus Wulf (in two parts)

Box 6130.3 [box label is missing] contains specimens:
215: Cantharellus aurantiacus Fries
309: Hydnum suaveolens Scop
492: Lycoperdon gemmatum Batsch (in two parts)
491: Lycoperdon caelatum Bull
139: Agaricus traganus Fries (in two parts)
493: Scleroderma vulgare Fries
389: Peziza aurantia Red
51: Agaricus pyrogalus Bull
489: Phallus impudicus Linn (in two parts)
63: Agaricus rufus Scop
494: Elaphomyces granulatus Nees
384: Helvella suspecta Krombh
299: Daedelea quercina Pers

Box 6130.4 [box label is missing] contains specimens:
241: Boletus Satans Lenz
203: Gomphidius glutinosus Fries
237: Boletus variegatus Fries (in two parts)
277: Polyporus Ribis Fries
238: Boletus calopus Pers
208: Russula emetica Fries
240: Boletus pachypus Fries
273: Polyporus fomentarius Fries (model itself is incorrectly labelled 274)
239: Boletus luridus Schaeff
207: Russula virescens Schaeff
202: Gomphidius viscidus Linn
271: Polyporus officinalis Fries

Box 6130.5 [box labelled “V LIEFERUNG”] contains specimens:
46: Agaricus blennius Fries (in two parts)
24:Agaricus conicus Scop (in two parts)
162: Agaricus crustuliniformis Bull (in two parts)
157: Agaricus aurivellus Batsch (in two parts)
181: Agaricus lateritus Batsch (in two parts)
30: Agaricus rutilans Schaeff (in two parts)
141: Agaricus violaceo-cinereus Pers (in two parts)
161: Agaricus fastibilis Pers
64: Agaricus fuliginosus Fries (in two parts)
180: Agricus fascicularis Huds (in three parts)

Box 6130.6 [box labelled “VI LIEFERUNG”] contains specimens:
1. Agaricus caesareus Scop (in two parts, one of which is so tall it has to lie down for the box to close)
56: Agaricus deliciousus Linn (in two parts)
127: Agaricus Prunulus Scop (in two parts)
152: Agaricus mutabilis Schaeff (in three parts)
38: Agaricus Pomonae Lenz
91: Agaricus oreades Bolt (in two parts)
35: Agaricus gambosus Fries (in two parts)
11: Agaricus excoriatus Schaeff (in two parts)
61: Agaricus volemus Fries (in two parts)
174: Agaricus campestris Linn (in two parts)
496: (there is no label for this specimen; it was loose in the box)

Box 6130.7 [box labelled “VII LIEFERUNG”] contains specimens:
3. Agaricus musarius Linn (in two parts)
55. Agaricus vellereus Fries (in two parts)
45: Agaricus torminosus Schaeff (in two parts, but specimens themselves are incorrectly labelled 55)
2: Agaricus phalloides Fries (in two parts)
4: Agaricus pantherinus Dc
44: Agaricus scrobiculatus Scop
159: Agaricus rimosus Bull (in two parts)
5: Agaricus rubescens Fries
47: Agaricus turpis Weinm
54: Agaricus piperatus Linn

Box 6130.8 [box label is missing] contains specimens:
227: Boletus edulis Bull (in two parts)
254: Polyporus confluens Fries (in two parts)
226: Boletus bovinus Linn (in two parts)
255: Polyporus Pes Caprae Pers
242: Boletus scabor Fries (in two parts)
230: Boletus luteus Linn (in two parts)
229: Boletus granulatus Linn
236: Boletus subtomentosus Linn (in two parts)
304: Fistulina hepatica Fries
246: Polyporus ovinus Fries (in two parts)


Condition: overall good, but specimens 444, 256, 445, 139, 389, 118, 116, 17, 227, 236, 44 and 54 are slightly damaged, the top of specimen 174 has become unattached, specimen 299 is very damaged with a large part missing, many of the specimens have a loose/wobbly connection to their base, and the boxes are very worn with some of their labels partly missing.

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