[NHCOLL-L:1500] Brendel plant models?

[Kathie Hodge]

We are trying to discover more about a set of models of fungal 
structures held at the Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium. They were 
made by Robert Brendel, a German purveyor of botanical models made of 
resin, and were acquired by Cornell around 1869.  Ours portray the 
development of Penicillium cleistothecia and Rhizopus zygospores. 
Each is about 45 cm tall, and they are numbered, as if part of a 
larger set.

Can anyone give us any information or leads on these models and the 
history of the company that produced them?  I am also wondering how 
they should best be cleaned of a century of accumulated dust.

regards,
Dr. Kathie T. Hodge
Director, Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium
Assistant Professor of Mycology
334 Plant Science Bldg.
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

herbarium web: http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/CUPpages/CUP.html
herbarium email: CUP-herbarium at cornell.edu

personal email: kh11 at cornell.edu
phone: 607-255-5356