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A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.

A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.

Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour, 1886.

A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour, 1897.

Eight fungi, including the fly agaric, chanterelle, Boletus edulis, field mushroom, puff ball, morel, dry-rot and ergot. Chromolithograph.

Two puff balls (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour, 1883.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.

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A group of puff balls (Lycoperdon perlatum) and bracket fungi (Polyporus species). Watercolour.

Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour, 1897.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.