The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s

Inscription on reverse: "The black-spored agaricas. The plants vary in size, from tiny ones, to those which are several inches high and more than an inch broad. Coprinus comatus fr. [FR=fruit] edible. – One of the finest species of this genus, the shaggy-mane, or horse-tail mushroom, as it is popularly called. It occurs on lawns & other grassy places, especially after heavy rains in late spring & during autumn & also summer. On some fine mornings we find a whole flock of shaggy-manes have sprung up during the night. Found on the Ripley's [?] lawn, Windsor, N.S."

Format: Watercolour over pencil

Artist: Annie L. Prat

Reference: Prat, Starr family Nova Scotia Archives 1979-147 vol. 594 no. 60