Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/49
Date: 15 November 1672
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Observations of mushrooms found at Marton woods, Craven (western Ribblesdale Yorkshire), which produced milky juices
Read to the Royal Society on 20 November 1672
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 324
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 7, no 89, p 5116
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- 15 November 1672
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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 15 November 1672, EL/L5/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_49/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 17 October 2026
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A description of an odd kind of mushrom, yeilding a milky juice, much hotter upon the tongue than pepper, &c. Observed by Mr. Lister, and by him communicated to the publisher Novemb. 15. 1672 External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Martin Lister
Date: 16th December 1672
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1672.0055
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