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  • Parasitic fungi (Nyctalis species) growing on decayed Russula fungi. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1889.
  • Ancient bacteria and fungi (a-d):
  • A group of fallen fungi (Pholiota squarrosa). Watercolour.
  • Three types of fungi, including a Cantharellus species. Watercolour.
  • A group of dung roundhead fungi (Stropharia semiglobata). Watercolour.
  • Three shelf fungi: fruiting bodies, one showing underside of cap. Watercolour.
  • Four types of fungi, including possible Agaricus and Russula species. Watercolour.
  • A group of fungi, possibly including Clavaria and Agaricus species. Watercolour.
  • A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.
  • Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Fungi: twenty species, including the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Boletus and Agaricus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, c. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Poisonous fungi: 24 species, including Agaricus, Hypophyllum and Amanita species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, c. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale) and eight types of cup fungi (Peziza species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1823.
  • Five fungi, including two Boletus species, with anatomical detail. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
  • Eight fungi, including the fly agaric, chanterelle, Boletus edulis, field mushroom, puff ball, morel, dry-rot and ergot. Chromolithograph.
  • Varieties of mushrooms and edible fungi. Coloured mixed method engraving by A. M. Perrot after E. Hocquart and J. C. Perrot.
  • A fruiting branch of common persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) with two fungi. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
  • 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.
  • Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Distribution: Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Distribution: Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A branch of holly (Ilex species) with blue berries and three ito mushrooms (Armillaria matsutake). Watercolour.
  • A fungus, possibly of the Agaricaceae family: both single and clumped mushrooms. Watercolour.
  • A branch of holly (Ilex species), five mushrooms and some pine needles. Watercolour.
  • Illustrations of British mycology, containing figures and description of the funguses of interest and novelty indigenous to Britain / By Mrs. T.J. Hussey.
  • Illustrations of British mycology, containing figures and description of the funguses of interest and novelty indigenous to Britain / By Mrs. T.J. Hussey.
  • A fungus (Agaricus subpalmatus?): groups of fruiting bodies on wood. Watercolour, 1894.
  • The beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1895.
  • A girl with a basket gathering mushrooms in a watermeadow. Engraving by Belvedere, 1802, after R. Westall.
  • Five mushrooms, arranged in two distinct groups. Watercolour.