Descriptions

Watercolour drawing by Richard Cresswell. Miss Aviolet bound all his fungi drawings into two volumes and wrote identifications at the bottom of the sheet.

Annotations: ‘on old stumps The Lodge Bishopsteignton July [?] 10, 1870 / 57. on very old stumps in the [?]. Many specimens in various stages of growth. Most of them slightly eaten by snails. these old stumps are almost always fertile in one species of fungus or another. Lycopodium pyriforme.’

This object is not on display.

Inscription

bottom ink identification by Miss Aviolet Lycoperdon pyriforme (Schaff.) Pers.

bottom stamped museum stamp CRESSWELL COLLECTION

top pencil numbered 57

middle / bottom ink / pencil description on old stumps The Lodge Bishopsteignton July [?] 10, 1870 / 57. on very old stumps in the [?]. Many specimens in various stages of growth. Most of them slightly eaten by snails. these old stumps are almost always fertile in one species of fungus or another. Lycopodium pyriforme.