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Letter, 'Concerning the culture of mushrooms' from Roger Pickering to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/283

Date: 19 April 1744

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Subject: Mycology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Reverend Mr. Roger Pickering, V. D. M. to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the propagation and culture of mushrooms'

Read 26 April 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/283
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19 April 1744
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Roger Pickering

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Roger Pickering, Letter, 'Concerning the culture of mushrooms' from Roger Pickering to the Royal Society, 19 April 1744, L&P/1/283, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_283/letter-concerning-the-culture-of-mushrooms-from-roger-pickering-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 May 2026

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