Vintage Slime Mould Print, Stemonitis Arcyria Lycogala, Antique Myxomycete Chart, Victorian Natural History Wall Art
13x18 cm / 5x7″
£24.80
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One of the strangest and most visually extraordinary subjects in natural history — the microscopic world of slime moulds transformed into an antique scientific work of art.
This remarkable vintage plate is titled “Spore-Bearing Structures of Slime Moulds” and documents the bizarre, sculptural reproductive forms produced by different slime mould genera. Some resemble miniature trees, coral, seed pods or delicate cups; others appear almost completely alien.
Crucially, this is not generic fungus imagery. The original plate identifies individual genera including Stemonitis, Spumaria, Didymium, Cribraria, Arcyria, Lycogala and Leocarpus — names that give the artwork genuine scientific and collector interest.
The rich rust reds, burnt orange, dark brown, charcoal and botanical green stand dramatically against the warm ivory ground. Combined with the numbered specimens and original scientific caption, the composition has exactly the atmosphere of a plate discovered inside an old natural-history reference book.
It is an exceptional choice for anyone interested in slime moulds, myxomycetes, microscopy, mycology, fungi, woodland ecology, botany or historic scientific illustration. It would also make a superb and highly unusual gift for a microbiologist, naturalist, scientist, mushroom enthusiast or collector of curiosities.
Where many botanical prints are immediately familiar, this one makes people stop and ask “What is that?” That is precisely its strength. It has the visual impact of abstract organic art while remaining rooted in genuine natural-history study.
Particularly effective in a study, home office, library, laboratory-inspired space, eclectic hallway or cabinet-of-curiosities gallery wall.
PREMIUM MATTE PRINT
Heavier-weight premium white matte paper
200 gsm / 80 lb
Thickness: 0.26 mm / 10.3 mils
Smooth, uncoated finish
Matte, non-reflective surface
Luxuriously soft to the touch
FSC-certified or equivalent paper
Available in multiple sizes
Professionally printed on demand
The matte finish is especially effective here, allowing the intricate structures, fine linework and rich earthy pigments to remain the focus without distracting surface glare.
UNFRAMED PRINT: This listing is for the art print only. Frames and decorative objects shown in lifestyle imagery are not included.
This is exactly the sort of rare, slightly eccentric scientific plate that can give Field & Folio real personality — unusual enough for collectors, beautiful enough to work purely as interior art.
Vintage Slime Mould Print, Stemonitis Arcyria Lycogala, Antique Myxomycete Chart, Victorian Natural History Wall Art
£24.80