• Planche L from Léon Dufour's Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux, Paris 1891, the sheet on a wide tan mount — Chicken of the Woods · Polyporus sulfureus · Polypore jaune soufre; Polyporus versicolor · Polypore de couleurs variées
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Chicken of the Woods

Antique mushroom print · Planche L · Paris 1891

Chicken of the Woods — Antique Mushroom Print, Planche L, Paris 1891

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Print at home · US Letter · 300 DPI

Chicken of the Woods and one other species, on Planche L of Léon Dufour's 1891 Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux. Restored from the plate for home printing.

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sRGB, with a quarter-inch trim margin on all four sides. Print at 100% — never “fit to page”.

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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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Two species on this sheet

N° accepted today as printed, 1891
N° 118 Laetiporus sulphureusgenus changedChicken of the Woods Polyporus sulfureusPolypore jaune soufre
N° 119 Trametes versicolorgenus changed Polyporus versicolorPolypore de couleurs variées
file JPEG · 2550 × 3300
print size 8.5 × 11 in · 300 DPI
impression 5.9 × 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A historical document.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.