Stag's Horn Fungus Edward Miall St James' Park and Green

St James' Park and Green Park

With an inset key to the medusae and inscribed 'E

King of France

to dispose of the property by lottery

Stag's Horn Fungus Edward Miall St James' Park and GreenPlate 2 figure 1 from the paper 'An account of a new species of fungus', by John Martyn, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 43 (1744) pp. 263 264. The specimen, classified by John Martyn as 'Boletus caule ramose', was most likely Stag's Horn fungus, [Xylaria hypoxylon]. An endorsement verso 'Jan 24 1744 45' indicates that this painting was shown to Fellows of the Royal Society at a meeting of the Royal Society on 24 January 1745.