Penny Bun Cep
Penny Bun Cep (Boletus edulis) — Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms · James Sowerby · 1797.
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Where it works
Sowerby's penny bun cep, a tan-capped bolete on a swollen stem with a second mushroom cut to show yellow pores, hand-colored on cream with his pencil label. A forager's print for a kitchen, a pantry or a dining room at 12×18 in natural wood, beside his Honey Fungus.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique mycology plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- ochre, butter yellow, cream
- Mood
- warm, earthy
- Rooms
- kitchen, dining room
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, cooks
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid.
Framing. Choose Full-bleed for the plate edge to edge in a slim black or natural wood frame, or the White-mat border for a classic gallery look. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other botanical prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.




























