James Sowerby02, James Sowerby, between 1797 and 1803

Amanita muscaria (l. Ex fr. ) hook. - fly agaric (= agaricus muscarius l. 1753). Sowerby produced "coloured figures of english fungi" with 440 drawings and many models of fungi; the models were made expressly to aid identification of the edible and poisonous species, and some are still preserved to this day in the natural history museum. Date: between 1797 and 1803.