Illustrations of champignons collected by Paul Maury in the Patouillard Herbarium
Overview
The collection contains pencil sketches, some with watercolors, by Paul Maury of fungi collected in Mexico from May, 1890 through February of 1891. Collection numbers in red ink, and localities, and dates in Maury's hand. Plate numbers, descriptions, determinations, and plate numbers added by N. Patouillard.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1891
Creator
- Patouillard, N. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available by appointment for research. Researchers must register and provide two forms of valid photo identification. Please contact botref@oeb.harvard.edu for additional information.
Extent
0.2 linear feet (1 flat box) : 2 leaves, 61 sheets (52 drawings, 9 photographs) ; 16 x 26 cmThe collection contains pencil sketches, some with watercolors, by Paul Maury of fungi collected in Mexico from May, 1890 through February of 1891. Also includes 2 handwritten lists of collection numbers with the caption, "Champignons. N. Patouillard."
Collection numbers in red ink, and localities, and dates in Maury's hand. Plate numbers, descriptions, determinations, and plate numbers added by N. Patouillard.
Plates numbered 1-19, 19 bis, 20-43, 43 bis, 44, 44 bis, 45, 45 bis, 45-3, 46-56.
Plates 43, 43 bis, 44, 44 bis, 45, 45 bis, 45-3, 46, and 50 are photographs.
Title devised by cataloger.
Specimens mistakenly reported as lost by W.A. Murrill in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, volume 12, page 52, 1911.
Arrangement
Boxed with reprints of Patouillard's "Quelques Champignons nouveaux recoltes au Mexique par Paul Maury" and "Note sur un Cone de Pin Déformé par une Urédineé." Call number: RARE BOOK P313q.
Plates arranged in numerical order.
Physical Location
Filed under RARE BOOK P313q.
Provenance
The provenance of the collection is unknown.
Digitization note
Harvard's Imaging Services department digitized this collection as part of the "Original botanical illustrations of the Botany Libraries" project.
Creator
- Patouillard, N. (Person)
- Title
- Maury, Paul, 1858-1893. Illustrations of champignons collected by Paul Maury in the Patouillard Herbarium, 1890-1891: A Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University.
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- far00031
Repository Details
Part of the Botany Libraries, Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University Repository
The Harvard University Herbaria houses five research libraries that are managed collectively as the Botany Libraries. The Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany specializes in organisms that reproduce by spores, without flowers or seeds. The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany houses unique resources including personal papers, institutional records, field notes and plant lists, expedition records, photographs, original artwork, and objects from faculty, curators, staff, and affiliates of the Farlow Herbarium.
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