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Hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale) and eight types of cup fungi (Peziza species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1823.

Five fungi, including two Boletus species, with anatomical detail. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.

A girl with a basket gathering mushrooms in a watermeadow. Engraving by Belvedere, 1802, after R. Westall.

Illustrations of British mycology, containing figures and description of the funguses of interest and novelty indigenous to Britain / By Mrs. T.J. Hussey.

A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

Spores of Bacillus pestis which caused the plague and its vector the human flea (Pulex irritans). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.

A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.

Wood hedgehog fungus (Hydnum repandum), pennywort plant (Hydrocotyle species) and a sac fungus (Hysterium sphaerioides). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.

Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.

A clump of mushrooms and two Chinese artichokes (Stachys affinis). Watercolour.

Anatomie humaine : parasitologie : morhologie végétale.

Text-book of the diseases of trees / by Professor R. Hartig .. ; translated by William Somerville ... revised and ed., with a preface, by H. Marshall Ward.

Technical mycology : the utilization of micro-organisms in the arts and manufactures a practical handbook on fermentation and fermentative processes, for the use of brewers and distillers, analysts, technical and agricultural chemists, pharmacists, and all interested in the industries dependent on fermentation / by Franz Lafar ; translated by Charles T.C. Salter.

A plain and easy account of British fungi : with especial reference to the esculent and economic species / by M.C. Cooke.

Murder, magic and medicine : of microbes and men.

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Anatomie humaine : parasitologie : morhologie végétale.

Text-book of the diseases of trees / by Professor R. Hartig .. ; translated by William Somerville ... revised and ed., with a preface, by H. Marshall Ward.

A plain and easy account of British fungi : with especial reference to the esculent and economic species / by M.C. Cooke.

Murder, magic and medicine : of microbes and men.