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  • Edible fungi: 19 species, including horse and field mushrooms (Agaricus), morels (Morchella and Helvella) and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Varieties of mushrooms and edible fungi. Coloured mixed method engraving by A. M. Perrot after E. Hocquart and J. C. Perrot.
  • Shiitake-mushroom : the living larder / ESC (UK) Limited.
  • Parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.
  • Parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892.
  • A branch of holly (Ilex species) with blue berries and three ito mushrooms (Armillaria matsutake). Watercolour.
  • Two parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera) and a shaggy parasol mushroom (Lepiota rhacodes). Watercolour, 1898.
  • Fawn pluteus fungus (Pluteus cervinus): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by C. H. Spencer Perceval, 1904.
  • Shaggy parasol mushrooms (Lepiota rhacodes): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.
  • Pine spike cap fungus (Chroogomphus rutilus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
  • Pine spike cap fungus (Chroogomphus rutilus): one fruiting body. Watercolour, 1900.
  • Shaggy parasol mushrooms (Lepiota rhacodes): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • A fungus (Pleurotus ulmarius): a group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.
  • Velvet shank fungus (Flammulina velutipes) growing on wood. Watercolour, 1893.
  • A fungus (Pleurotus dryinus): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.
  • Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1894.
  • Common morel (Morchella esculenta): five fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1896.
  • A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): five fruiting bodies in grass. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • Brown wood mushrooms (Agaricus silvaticus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1891.
  • False death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1895.
  • A fungus (Coprinus micaceus): group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
  • False death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1893.
  • A fungus (Coprinus micaceus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.
  • Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): fruiting bodies on soil. Watercolour.
  • The false death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1887.
  • A morel (Morchella species): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.
  • Field mushroom (Agaricus campestris): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
  • Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) growing on wood. Watercolour by G. Hardius, 1895.
  • Fairy ring mushroom (Marasmius oreades): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.
  • Shaggy parasol mushrooms (Lepiota rhacodes): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by E. Sargent, 1892.