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Black Mushroom sculpture, Alexander Calder
    #23966028 - 12/29/16 04:35 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Hi All, I'm doing some research on a sculpture by Alexander Calder called "Funghi Neri," or Black Mushroom.  Is this the same thing as a black truffle in France?  He lived in France when he made the sculpture, I am trying to find out if it references a particular fungus?  Thanks! 

Link to the sculpture: http://users.javanet.com/t/t.fine/art/calder/imagepages/image8.html


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Re: Black Mushroom sculpture, Alexander Calder [Re: mushroomartist]
    #23966088 - 12/29/16 05:05 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Neat sculpture. Funghi neri is Italian language and it doesn't refer to any particular species. Feel free to tell me/us more about your research (?)


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Re: Black Mushroom sculpture, Alexander Calder [Re: jakefake]
    #23966233 - 12/29/16 06:16 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I'm working on a show for the Botanic Gardens, and just wanted a little background information on the plant the sculpture is inspired by. Alexander Calder was inspired by the natural world around him, and then abstracted the shapes based on forms in nature.  Would a black mushroom just be a basic mushroom, or do you think this could have ties to French black truffles?


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Re: Black Mushroom sculpture, Alexander Calder [Re: mushroomartist]
    #23967099 - 12/30/16 12:14 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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  Would a black mushroom just be a basic mushroom, or do you think this could have ties to French black truffles?




Well, at this point I'm just interpreting art, but those sculptures have peaks suggestive of fruiting bodies, but truffles don't have fruiting bodies, they just grow under the ground. There are several black-coloured mushrooms, coprinopsis for example. Look at xylaria polymorpha for a really interesting black fungus.


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Re: Black Mushroom sculpture, Alexander Calder [Re: jakefake]
    #23967673 - 12/30/16 10:03 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Thanks!


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