RefNo | AP/40/12/1 |
Level | Item |
Title | Manuscript, '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 / Mycology
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 | 6p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0024 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7983 | Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist | 1817 - 1911 |
NA3464 | Currey; Frederick (1819 - 1881) | 1819 - 1881 |