Card of the Day - 2025-06-30

Liebig Animaux Savages du Congo
Liebig [trade : meat extract : O/S - South America] "Animaux sauvages du Congo" (1937) F.1346 : S.1349

This clue could have just stood for `wild` mushrooms, as `Sauvages`, contrary to popular belief, does not mean savage, it just means wild.

However there is a mushroom called Hericium erinaceus, or lion's mane, and a very strange one it is too. It does grow in the British Isles but it is illegal to uproot or even take parts of it. The reason for this is that it has medicinal qualities, especially in Chinese medicine, where it is known as the yamabushitake. 

This set seems to be sold as either a set of twelve, or two sets of six, numbers 1-6 and 7-12. 

The cards in the set are : 

  1. Le Crocodile
  2. L` Hippopotame
  3. Le Rhinoceros Noir
  4. L` Elephant D`Afrique
  5. Buffle Noir ou se Cafrerie
  6. Le Zebre Commun
  7. Le Grand Kudu
  8. L`Okapi
  9. La Girafe
  10. Le Leopard
  11. Le Lion
  12. Gorille du Kivu