Background on the Jussieu collection of mycological plates

Part of a fictitious set of drawings from the Jussieu collection The 87 mycological plates by Claude Aubriet are kept in a portfolio of 475 drawings and vellums catalogued at the central library of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle under reference Ms92. There is no manuscript, essay, or treaty on botany that complements these illustrations. This fictitious set belonged to the Jussieu family and was sold in January 1858 to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (lot nbr. 3857)..