An Illustrated Catalog of American Mushrooms

US Department of Agriculture's Maurice B. Walters Collection (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2025
Sterling (Verlag)
978-1-4549-6355-4 (ISBN)

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The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Fungus Collections is one of the world’s largest mycological institutions, housing over a million species of fungi. Mycologist Maurice Burke Walters’s collection of fungi is also housed here—a fascinating collection revealing the often-solitary forays of the rather-retiring Walters, the then-nascent science of mycology, and the evolving interest of the USDA in documenting the nation’s fungi species (over 10,000 named species are found in the US). Alongside beautiful botanical illustrations, are field notes, observational sketches, and occasionally enigmatic photographs of fungi (within USDA laboratories, in the wild, and elsewhere).

This book contains an eclectic assortment of illustrated and documented fungi species drawn from Walters collection. Encompassing contemporary meditations on ecology, mycology and pharmacology, the still-unexplored landscape of fungi knowledge is memorably demystified, perhaps, for practicing mycologists and enthusiastic foragers alike.

The USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection is a collection of original watercolors, lithographs, and photographs documenting fruit and nut varieties developed by growers, including USDA plant explorers, around the turn of the 20th century. These technically accurate paintings were used to create lithographs illustrating USDA bulletins, yearbooks, and other series distributed to growers and gardeners across America. The artworks were created by approximately twenty-one artists commissioned by the USDA.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.10.2025
Zusatzinfo	200 color illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
ISBN-10	1-4549-6355-7 / 1454963557
ISBN-13	978-1-4549-6355-4 / 9781454963554
Zustand	Neuware