Description:
Coloured etching of 'Agaricus ramosus | Cornu Reniferi referens Miller. | This plant grew from a Trunck [sic] of an Elm, which was fixed in a dark Cellar | beloging to Mr William Winckles a smith in St James's Hay Market. | The first appearance of the plant, was in the middle of June 1744, | and the whole growth was performed in less than three weeks time. | the parts of the plant were white at their first vegetation, but | soon changed to a dark brown colour, except the | large heads which continued of a whitish Colour, | having in each a large dar umbone; thesse | part[...] their underside.'
Published in smaller format in Martyn, J. 1744. An Account of a New Species of Fungus, by John Martyn, F. R. S. Prof. Bot. Cantab. Communicated in a Letter to the President. "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society". 43, 263-264.
Title:
'Agaricus ramosus'
Author(s):
Georg Dionysius Ehret 1708-1770