All these specimens were gathered by Beatrix in or around Keswick.
| Helvella Macropus | Painted from a specimen found at Lingholm, Keswick, Cumbria, August 1897. |
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| Cantharellus cibarius | Cantharellus cibarius, or Chanterelle, painted from a specimen found at
Lingholm, Keswick, Cumbria, 10th September 1888.
From the Latin 'good to eat.' Cap 2-10 cm., yolk yellow, convex then open and usually funnel-shaped, margin undulate, found beneath coniferous and broadleaved species. Edibility is excellent, fresh, preserved or frozen but drying not recommended; see Pacioni |
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| Hydrum repandum | Hydnum repandum, or Wood Hedgehog, painted
from a specimen found at Lingholm, Keswick, Cumbria, September 1888.
From the Latin 'bent backwards'. Cap 5-15 cm. Convex then open, surface dry, adherent, typically orange but sometimes pale yellow. Flesh thick, consistent, white turning pinkish-yellow. Odour slightly fruity, flavour sweet to slightly bitter. Found beneath broadleaved trees and conifers.Edibility fair to good. See MacDonald |
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| Boletus piperatus | Boletus piperatus, or Peppery Bolete, painted
from a specimen found at Birnam Hill, Birnam, Derwentwater 29th June 1893.
This dwarf species, the smallest of the boleti that grow on the ground, is not uncommon in sandy, coniferous woods and is often found round birches. The thick convex cap, which measures only 1-2 in. across, is cinnmon brown and the tubes and angular, pore-mouths are also brown. The flesh is yellowish in the cap and reddish in the stem, and has a strong peppery taste which makes it unfit to eat; see W.P.K. Findlay |
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| Agaricus arvensis | Agaricus arvensis, or Horse Mushroom, painted from a specimen found at
Keswick, Cumbria, September 1897
From the Latin - of fields - from its habitat. This has large greyish gills, it is normally found in fields where horses have grazed but specimens are occaisionaly found in woods; see Seymour. It is edible |
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| Agaricus campestris | Agaricus campestris var. hortensis, or Agaricus bisporus, or Fog mushroom, painted
from a specimen found at Cat Bells, Keswick, Cumbria, 15th September 1897.
Pink gills which turn brown as the mushroom matures, grows in meadows and pastures, found in Autumn; see Seymour |
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| Amanita fulva | Amanitopsis vaginata, or Amanita fulva, painted by Beatrix Potter from a specimen found at
Keswick, Cumbria, 30th August 1897
From the latin, reddish or tawny, this species is reddish-yellow with white gills, found in acidic ground, under broadleaved trees in summer and autumn; see Pacioni. It is edible but mediocre; see Macdonald |
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| Amanita vaginata | Amanitopsis vaginata var. fulva, or Amanita fulva, or Tawny Grisette, painted from a specimen found at Keswick, Cumbria, September 1897 (as above) |
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| Collybia peronata | Marasmius peronatus, or Collybia peronata, or Wood
Woolly Foot, painted from a specimen found at Lingholm, Keswick, Cumbria, 5th September 1888.
From the Latin, 'booted', from the shape of the base. Cap 3-7.5 cm. Yellowish or pale brick red, eventually light ochre-brown, convex then flat, depressed and umbonate, rough; found in litter and wood-detrius, especially broadleaved. Edibility; used as flavouring because of sharp taste |
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| Hygrocybe citrinovirens | Hygrophorus psitticinus, or Hygrocybe citrinovirens, or Parrot Toadstool, painted from a specimen found at Lingholm, Keswick, Cumbria, September 1898 |
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| Hygrocybe coccinea | Hygrocybe coccinea, formally known as Hygrocebe cocinea, or Scarlet Hood, or Scarlet Wax Cap, with a group of fungi in natural habitat, long sections and spores at
x 600 magnification, painted by Beatrix Potter from a specimen found at Lingholm,
Keswick, Cumbria, 8th October 1897
Name from Latin 'of pomegranate' or 'garnet red'. Appearance is scarlet tending to turn pale with age starting from centre. Gills. yellow, often red at base. Cap 5-11 cm. Flesh cap-coloured, slightly watery. No particular odour or flavour. Spores white. Habitat, meadows. Found in autumn. Edibility good. Macdonald No. 107 |
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| Hygrocybe pratensis | Hygrophorus pratensis or Buff Meadow Cap, from a speciman collected by Beatrix Potter at Lingholm, Keswick in October 1901 |
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| Tricholoma imbricatum | Tricholoma imbricatum, painted
from a specimen found at Lingholm, Keswick, Cumbria, October 1901.
This species is found only among pine trees. It has a dry, conical, reddish-brown cap 2-3 in. across, with overlapping brown scales. The whitish gills become spotted with age. The stalk, which is at first pale, becomes reddish-brown and thickens near the base. It has a faint mealy smell; see W.P.K. Findlay. It's edibility is mediocre; see Pacioni |
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| Scleroderma citrinum | Painted from a specimen found
at Lingholm, Keswick, September, 1897.
From Latin; 'lemon-yellow.' Carpophore diameter up to 12 cm. subglobose, peridium very thick, bright yellow, sometimes pale or cream-white. Gleba soon violet-black, blackish, finely marbled, pale greenish-grey when mature, powdery. Odour and flavour strong and acrid. Spores brownish-black, globose, spiny with faint reticulum that is cain-like, 7-15 microns. Widespread in woods and heaths in acid or acidified soil.This mushroom causes gastric disorders; see Pacioni |
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