More mushrooms circa 1715 #musjrooms #histscie #fungifriends #earlymodern

Mushroom growing on a maple, circa 1715 #mushroom #fungifriends #histscie #earlymodern (but could an Agrobacterion tumefscensis maybe?)

Saprophytes growing on an old door, circa 1710 #histscie #fungifriends #earlymodern

I just fell in with this Natural History of Gems and Stones, including mushrooms, vulcanoes and many many fantastic things❤️ #histscie #fungifriends #earlymodern

Just out of the box! Can't wait to read it! A fantastic dive into early modern drugs #histscie #histmed #earlymodern

Life on Earth emerged fast. Far quicker than we thought | Aeon Essays It’s time to rethink how we study life’s origins. It emerged far earlier, and far quicker, than we once thought possible

spontaneous generation : )

#histscie

aeon.co/essays/life-...

Book titled The State Drug by Di Gennaro Splendore in a carton box

The new history of theriac (since Watson's 1966) is out there in the world, on its own. At last, out of my thoughts. I am so happy!
#histmed #histscie #earlymodern #histpharma #pharma

early printed page with small mushrooms image

15th-century LBM, aren't they lovely? #fungifriends #earlymodern #histmed #histscie

Truffles from a 16th-century pocket book for recognizing plants. Just in case you stumble upon them!
#fungifriends #histmed #histscie

Tree with mushroom and names in Latin, Greek and German

#fungifriends Early image of Laricifomes officinalis in 16th cent. German herbal #histscie #histmed