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Letter, 'Of the animalcula in mushrooms' from Roger Pickering to the President of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/301

Date: 07 January 1744

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Subject: Mycology

Read 7 June 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/301
Earliest possible date
07 January 1744
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Roger Pickering

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Roger Pickering, Letter, 'Of the animalcula in mushrooms' from Roger Pickering to the President of the Royal Society, 07 January 1744, L&P/1/301, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_301/letter-of-the-animalcula-in-mushrooms-from-roger-pickering-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 17 June 2026

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