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The Tale of the Linnean Society. Beatrix Potter and her interactions with the Linnean Society of London have been the subject of much scrutiny, particularly regarding her treatment by the Society, whose Executive Secretary publicly acknowledged in 1997 that Potter had been “treated scurvily”.
Beatrix Potter's first known fungal paintings date from 1887 and at least two paintings from this time still survive. Over the next few years she painted many more fungi but her serious study of fungi began in 1892 after her first fungal talk with the very knowledgeable and respected Scottish amateur naturalist Charles McIntosh (1839-1922).
3 de ene. de 2024 · Incluso le negaron el derecho a leer sus propios estudios ante la comunidad científica, entre ellos, uno de los primeros aportes a la simbiosis entre hongo y alga que forman los líquenes.
28 de jul. de 2015 · Beatrix Potter (July 28, 1866–December 22, 1943) is one of the most beloved and influential storytellers of all time.The Tale of Peter Rabbit and her other gloriously illustrated children’s books tickle the human imagination through the fantastical aliveness of nature and its creatures, in a spirit partway between Aesop and Mary Oliver, between Tolkien and Thoreau.
5 de abr. de 2007 · Potter did a lot more than draw the natural world. She was the first person in Britain to speculate in a scientific paper that lichens are symbiotic life forms, conducted experiments in her kitchen, and recorded in detail her observations of algal and fungal properties.
In The Journal of Beatrix Potter from 1881 to 1897, Linder wrote in a footnote, “It sounds as if Mr Murray was casting doubt on the possibility of the two partners living in symbiosis… whereas Beatrix Potter was apparently convinced of this.”
Encouraged by Charles McIntosh, a revered Scottish naturalist, to make her fungi drawings more technically accurate, Beatrix Potter not only produced beautiful watercolours, but also became an adept scientific illustrator.
