THE PECK TESTIMONIAL EXHIBIT OF 

 MUSHROOM MODELS 



Homer D. House 



It is peculiarly fitting at his time to describe rather briefly 

 the exhibit of mushroom models, recently installed in the State 

 Museum at Albany, New York, as a memorial to the life and 

 service of the late Charles Horton Peck, state botanist of New 

 York from 1867 to 191 5, a period of 48 years, of which all but 

 the last two years were spent in active service. 



The final installation of these remarkable mushroom models 

 was completed only a few days prior to his death, which occurred 

 on July 10, 1917. The models, fifty-seven in number and repre- 

 senting fifty-five species of edible and poisonous mushrooms, are 

 the work of Mr. Henri Marchand, an artist and sculptor of rare 

 ability. The models are made of wax from casts in the field 

 and reproduce, with perfect fidelity to nature, the form, coloring, 

 and habitat of each species. 



Space need not be taken to enumerate the entire list of species 

 which are represented in the collection, which includes : 



Poisonous 



Amanita phalloides 

 Amanita muse aria 

 Clitocybe illudens 



Russula emetica 

 Inocybe asterospora 



Edible or Harmless 



Amanita caesarea 

 Tricholoma sejunctum 

 Tricholoma personatum 

 Russula cyanoxantha 

 Russula virescens 

 Lepiota procera 

 Lepiota naucina 

 Agaricus campester 

 Agaricus arvensis 



Coprinus comatus 

 Morchella - deliciosa 

 Gyromitra esculenta 

 Strobilomyces strobilaceus 

 Pleurotus ostreatus 

 Fisiulina hepatica 

 Armillaria mellea 

 Boletus cyanescens 

 Polyporus sulphureus 



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