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Paper, 'On the existence of amorphous starch in a new tuberaceous fungus' by Frederick Currey

Reference number: AP/40/12

Date: 1857

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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'.

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AP/40/12
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1857
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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9 pages
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Frederick Currey

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Frederick Currey, Paper, 'On the existence of amorphous starch in a new tuberaceous fungus' by Frederick Currey, 1857, AP/40/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_40_12/paper-on-the-existence-of-amorphous-starch-in-a-new-tuberaceous-fungus-by-frederick-currey, accessed on 08 September 2024

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