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Spore Print Card — Cover

About Spore Print Card

Spore Print Card distills the reference cards of mid-century North American mycologists — radial gill-pattern deposits in rust-brown, white, and purple-black, dropped onto contrasting paper to key genus, then mounted on near-black board.

The dark mounting ground is documented practice: white prints need a dark surface and dark prints a light one, so all three deposit colors read at once. The result is sober, monochromatic, data-forward — earthy rust on matte board, never bright, never playful.

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Origin
North America (field and herbarium collections)
Era
1950–1990 (mid-century North American field mycology)
Key figures
Field and herbarium mycologists keying gilled fungi · Spore-deposit color taxonomists
Movements
Practical mycology / spore-print keying · Herbarium reference documentation

Spore Print Card design spec

Colors

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Typography

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Source Serif 4Body
JetBrains MonoMono
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