| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/57 |
| Title | William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] |
| Description | Sending small parcel of plants, numbered descriptions and observations of the specimens, including: 'Lichen hymenis', 'L. gelasinatus', 'L. calvus', 'Sphaeria gregaria', 'L. polyrhiza', 'L. vernalis', 'L. scriptus', 'L. ripicola', 'Peziza bicolor' [Smith has annotated many in pencil and ink].
Has found 'Scandix adorata' in Yorkshire; probable that 'Turritis hirsuata' is taken for 'Cardamine bellidifolia'; glad his 'Saxifraga palmata' proves to be variety of 'S. hypnoides'; 'Lycoperdon stellatum', 'Lycoperdon fornicatum', and 'Lycoperdon recolligens' grow abundantly in his neighbourhood; has found 'Agaricus alneus'. Intends to send [James] Sowerby duplicates of the lichens. |
| Date | 1 May 1801 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Smith replied 18 May [1801] & 7 Oct [1801] |
| PrevRefNo | 21.99 |
| Finding_Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Creator Name | Brunton, William (1775-1806) |
| Access_Status | Open |