Flora Danica Tab. MDCCCCXX. [Giant Puffball]

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• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: 1827

• EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 15 1/2 x 9 3/4" (392 x 250 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: From "Florae Danicae Iconum." Fasciculus XXXII. Published by J. W. Hornemann.<br><br> The text sheet state this engraving is of lycoperdon giganteum, which is the old name for the giant puffball mushroom. Today the fungus is classified as calvatia gigantea. This behemoth of a mushroom can be a foot or larger in diameter.

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• CONDITION: Fair condition. Paper folds in margin. Small tear at upper left margin. As is..

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Fungi