B3. Boletus edulis

Description:

Watercolor on paper illustrating a brown capped mushroom, identified along the bottom in ink as "Bolitus [sic] Edulis." Jervey wrote on reverse, "Found in the fall after frost Hard frozen. Closely resmbles the Bolitus [sic] bovinus which grows profusely in the Rockies. I have found it in the Big Horn Mountains in mid Summer very delicious."

• Title: B3. Boletus edulis
• Creator: Jervey, Ida Morris, 1861-1938
• Date: 1937
• Signature: IMJ
• Signature Location: lower right in ink on reverse
• Culture: American
• School: Academic
• Dimensions: H-5 W-3.5 inches

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• Collection: Works on Paper Collection
• Object Name: Ida Morris Jervey Mushroom Primer
• Other Name: Work on paper
• Object Id: AZ 1293h

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