Another European mushroom today, included because of the dachshund, who is intent on smelling the fungi. At which anyone who had a dog will know it must smell pretty vile, and that any minute he will be sliding his face along it....
There is also a card in this set which shows a pig, smelling a truffle.
This is quite a rare set and it is very attractive. It is complete in twelve cards and they are numbered but they are in one of two different places and it is quite hard to see them, so we have a list, which also includes the brand of chocolate on the front of that card, and, in brackets, the location of the number :
- Morchella esculenta - Milka (bottom right)
- Cantharellus cibarius - Milka (bottom right)
- Boletus scaber - Milka (bottom left)
- Clavaria lava - Noisettine (bottom left)
- Hydnum rependum - Noisettine (bottom right)
- Agaricus procerus - Velma (bottom right)
- Lactarius deliciosus - Noisettine (bottom right) ?
- Tuber melanospore - Milka (bottom left)
We know that "Velma" was made about 1900, but "Milka" was not made until 1901. However we do not have a firm date for the issue of this set. It appears that there are four cards for each brand, and all the "Milka" ones are known, but there are currently only one "Velma" and three "Noisettine" - and four missing cards which would make it into a complete set.