• Planche LXXV on a tan mount, Dufour 1891 — Bovista plumbea · Bovista gris de plomb; Bovista nigrescens; Hymenogaster citrinus; Calocera viscosa; Tremellodon gelatinosum
  • Planche LXXV, Dufour 1891 — Bovista plumbea · Bovista gris de plomb; Bovista nigrescens; Hymenogaster citrinus; Calocera viscosa; Tremellodon gelatinosum
  • Planche LXXV on a tall tan mount, Dufour 1891 — Bovista plumbea · Bovista gris de plomb; Bovista nigrescens; Hymenogaster citrinus; Calocera viscosa; Tremellodon gelatinosum
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Bovista plumbea

Antique mushroom print · Planche LXXV · Paris 1891

Bovista plumbea — Antique Mushroom Print, Planche LXXV, Paris 1891

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Print at home · US Letter · 300 DPI

Bovista plumbea and four other species, on Planche LXXV of Léon Dufour's 1891 Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux. Restored from the plate for home printing.

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All 24 plates of the first kit are available together as a complete kit, with marbled endpapers, cut-apart species labels, and a two-page provenance document.

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Five species on this sheet

N° accepted today as printed, 1891
N° 171 Bovista plumbea Bovista plumbeaBovista gris de plomb
N° 172 Bovista nigrescens Bovista nigrescensBovista noirâtre
N° 173 Hymenogaster citrinus Hymenogaster citrinusHymenogaster jaune citron
N° 174 Calocera viscosa Calocera viscosaCalocère visqueux
N° 175 Pseudohydnum gelatinosumgenus changed Tremellodon gelatinosumTremellodon gélatineux
file JPEG · 2550 × 3300
print size 8.5 × 11 in · 300 DPI
impression 6.4 × 9.6 in at 300 DPI

About the plate

From Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux, Léon Dufour, Paris, 1891. Captions transcribed by hand from the plate. Édition Madame Genet.

A note on the 1891 marks

A historical document. Nomenclature and edibility assessments have changed considerably since 1891 — several species marked comestible here are now known to be toxic. Not a foraging guide.