'Agaricus (Tricholoma) Colossus' [Giant Knight mushroom] mb-artist Henry_Weekes The balloon was inflated using

The balloon was inflated using coal gas and launched from sites that included Vauxhall Gardens in London

Rabbit seller carrying a pole hung with rabbits

Aston Villa

Pall Mall East

George Lanchester

'Agaricus (Tricholoma) Colossus' [Giant Knight mushroom] mb-artist Henry_Weekes The balloon was inflated usingMycological studies of the Giant Knight Agaricus (Tricholoma) Colossus (modern taxonomy Tricholoma colossus). Two side views of the fungus at different stages of development. Plate 21 from the book Icones selectae hymonomycetum nondum delineatorum, by Elias Fries (Stockholm, 1867). .' Inscribed above: 'Fries Icon. Hymenom. 21.' Inscribed below: 'AGARICUS (TRICHOLOMA) COLOSSUS. FRIES. R. Fries direx. P. Akerlund del. Lith. o. tr. h. Abrah. Lundquist &