| Reference number | AP/40/12 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the existence of amorphous starch in a new tuberaceous fungus' by Frederick Currey |
| Date | 1857 |
| Description | Currey provides an overview of existing research into amorphous starch in phaenogamic plants, suggesting that similar research has not been undertaken regarding fungi. He shares his observations on injecting a tuberaceous fungus with iodine.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes three pages of figures of fungal asci.
Subject: Biology / Botany / Cytology
Received 17 December 1857. Communicated by Joseph Dalton Hooker.
A version of this paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the existence of amorphous starch in a new tuberaceous fungus'. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0024 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3464 | Currey; Frederick (1819 - 1881) | 1819 - 1881 |
| NA7983 | Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist | 1817 - 1911 |