Watercolour depiction of the fly agaric, 1892. Likely painted at an art class near Bristol, England, the writing says “Agaricus muscarius" and "Leigh woods Sept/92”.
Featured on PDR in the essay Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland
From fairy-rings to Lewis Carroll’s Alice, mushrooms have long been entwined with the supernatural in art and literature. What might this say about past knowledge of hallucinogenic fungi? Mike Jay looks at early reports of mushroom-induced trips and how one species in particular became established as a stock motif of Victorian fairyland.
Also appearing in the essay…
Watercolour of the Fly Agaric — "Agaricus Muscarius / Leigh Woods Sept/92"
Date
1892
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