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GB-110/JES/COR/8/55
Title
John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, Edinburgh
Letter date
12 Nov 1781
Author(s)
John Pitchford 1737-1803
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/55 from John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, Edinburgh (12 November 1781)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/55 from John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, Edinburgh (12 November 1781) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pitchford, John
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Edinburgh
Summary:
Norwich news, including movements of [Thomas] Woodward and [James] Crowe. [John] Lightfoot thinks 'Clathrus flavus' is 'Mucor sphaerocephalus' and calls Woodward's 'Byssus' a 'Helvella polymorpha', it is not in [John] Ray's ["Synopsis methodica"] but is close to a figure in Schaeffer ["Descripto fungorum"]. According to Lightfoot the best collection of fungi is that of [Johann Jacob] Dillenius at Oxford. Crowe found 'Monotropa hypopitys' at Bracon, [Lincolnshire], and received 'Helvella planus' from [Henry] Bryant. Mr Humphrey found 'Agaricus quercinus'.
Letter date:
12 Nov 1781
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.94
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 16 Dec [1781] |
| Related Material | Ray, J, (1690). "Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum, in qua tum notae generum characteristicae traduntur, tum species singulae breviter describuntur ... (Emendanda in catalogo plantarum Angliae)." Londini: prostant apud Sam Smith. Schaeffer, J C, (1761). "Icones et descriptio fungorum quorundam singularium et memorabilium. Simul fungorum Bavariae icones nativis coloribus expressae editioni iam paratae propediem evulgandae denunciantur." Ratisbonae: Typis Weissianis. |
