Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pitchford, John
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Discovery of 'Sphaeria' Micheli ["Plantarum genera"] Pl.104 Tab.55, sends drawing, discusses how it has been universally found growing parasitically on 'Lycoperdon cervinum', possibility of Linnaeus confounding 'Lycoperdon cervinum' with 'Lycoperdon spadiceum', believes they may have been first to disover the true 'L. cervinum' in England.
Received a 'Lichen fuliginosus' of [James] Dickson and a 'Lichen croceus' which accords to [John Lightfoot's] "Fl[ora] Scot[ica]", asks Smith to compare his specimens. Reviews James Bolton's "History of English Ferns", highlights errors with 'Polypodium aculeatum', 'Polypodium fragrans', 'Polypodium [thelypteris]', 'Polypodium lobatum'. Asks Smith's opinion of [Anders] Spaarman's "Voyage to the Cape". Asks likelihood of a good herbarium selling for between £20 and £50 at an auction such as the Duchess of Portland's. 'Phallus caninus' and 'Peziza stipitata' found.
Letter date:
20 Feb 1786
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.107
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | For Pitchford's addendum to this letter of 20 February 1786, see JES/COR/24/62.
Micheli, P A, (1729). "Novo plantarum genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita ... Adnotationibus, atque observationibus, praecipue fungorum, muscorum affiniumque plantarum sationem, ortum, & incrementum spectantibus, interdum adjectis ..." Florentiae: Typis Bernardi Paperinii.
Lightfoot, J, (1777). "Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement... of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides." London: B. White.
Bolton, J, (1785). "Filices Britannicae; an history of the British proper ferns ..." Leeds: Binns.
Sparrman, A, (1785). "A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope ... and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres ... 1772 to 1776 ... Translated from the Swedish ..." London: Robinson. |
