Magic Lantern Slide: Purple-brown Spores of Common Mushroom
This slide contains the imprint of the spores of a Common Mushroom contained between the two sheets of glass. This method of recording spore patterns was a popular form of recording and analysing the natural world, used by amateur botanists. It is one of a set of slides on this topic which belonged to John Crabtree, and are thought to have been created by him.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/220
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsionbiological material
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Purple-brown Spores of Common Mushroom
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'Purple-brown Spores of Common / Mushroom.' on top and right edge binding strips
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- John H.
- Production Person Surname
- Crabtree
- Production Year Low
- 1863
- Production Year High
- 1924
