Catalogue of Fungi

A rectangular stamp contains the text "Royal Library of Munich" original: "BIBLIOTHECA REGIA MONACENSIS".

How many wonders the keen mind of man discerns
Prudent in the stars and in the birds:
In the many dwellers of the earth,
And in the manifold creatures of the deep sea!
The lofty cedar, touching the clouds with its summit,
And the humbler herb of the field,
Celebrate the immense and sagacious power
Of the Creator, and show it equally:
The moist fungus cries out this,
Disparate in form and in colors;
And it tells of the power and the wisdom
Which are the wondrous work of the nourishing Father.