![]() By 1896 Beatrix Potter had developed her own theory of how fungi spores reproduced and wrote a paper, ‘On the Germination of the Spores of Agaricineae‘. Encouraged by Charles McIntosh, a revered Scottish naturalist, to make her fungi drawings more technically accurate, Potter not only produced beautiful watercolours, but also became an adept scientific illustrator. Fungi appealed to Potter’s imagination, both for their evanescent habits and for their coloration. Beatrix Potter devoted most of her energy to the study of natural history – archaeology, geology, entomology and, especially, mycology. On summer holidays she delighted in exploring the countryside and learning about plants and animals from her own observations. Her constant companions were the pet animal she kept which she enjoyed studying and sketching. ![]() ![]() She was educated at home by a governess with her brother Bertram. ![]() Anita Jeram - Guess How Much I Love Youīeatrix Potter was born in London in 1866 and grew up living the conventionally sheltered life of a Victorian girl in a well-to-do household. ![]()
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