Svampar

Here are some of the more decorative of the watercolours made as part of a 19th-century endeavour, initiated and supervised by mycologist Elias Fries (1794-1878), to catalogue and classify the fungi of Sweden. Many of the paintings he commissioned were eventually published as plates in Sveriges ätliga och giftiga svampar (Edible and poisonous fungi of Sweden, 1860-1868) and Icones selectae hymenomycetum (1867-1884). The originals now belong to the Swedish Museum of Natural History, from whose website I lifted these images.

Agaricus azymus Fr. painted by H. von Post and P. Åkerlund.

Agaricus colossus Fr. painted by P. Åkerlund.

Agaricus muscarius painted by E. Pettersson.

Clavaria condensata Fr. painted by E. Pettersson.

Lycoperdon bovista (L.) Fr. painted by P. Åkerlund.

Russula emetica Fr. painted by P. Åkerlund.

Stereum hirsutum painted by P. Åkerlund.

Trametes connata painted by P. Åkerlund.