Stag's Horn Fungus Size:XS: 30 x 20cm A road can be sen

A road can be sen at the left hand side of the scene

Portrait of Johanna Staude

Head and shoulders portrait of Hunter in profile

Cliff Marshall and Dave Irving

His body is angled to the right as viewed

Stag's Horn Fungus Size:XS: 30 x 20cm A road can be senPlate 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.