Rust, smut, mildew & mould : An introduction to the study of microscopic fungi / by M. C. Cooke. Illustrated with 269 coloured figures, by J. E. Sowerby.
A popular introduction to microscopic plant fungi by mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, published in London by W. H. Allen in 1886 for amateur naturalists and gardeners, with coloured figures by J. E. Sowerby. The plates crowd numbered rust, smut and mildew specimens onto pale grounds \u2014 spotted leaves, spiky spore balls, threadlike hyphae, sectioned stems \u2014 in rust reds, ochres and greens, useful as spot motifs, pattern fragments or numbered diagram layouts.
