T1. Tricholoma personatum ula

Description:

Watercolor on paper illustrating various stages of mushroom maturation. Jervey noted along the bottom, "Tricholoma personatum Edible" and wrote on reverse, "Tricholoma personatum or nudus [nudum] as it is sometimes called is found occasionally in the summer but it is a fall variety. Edible when purple changing to grey then brown. Bitter when it becomes brown when grey it may or may not be bitter, cook & see, if bitter don't eat it."

• Title: T1. Tricholoma personatum ula
• Creator: Jervey, Ida Morris, 1861-1938
• Date: 1937
• 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 1293x

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