Fungi on Stamps: Bulgaria to Chad

In this section we encounter some of the most dedicated speculative stamp producers; Burkina Faso, Central African Republic and Chad. Of particular note are the set, issued by Chad in 2010, of 20 (yes, twenty) souvenir sheets featuring Russian scientists of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. You can VIEW one here (bet you can't guess why I've chosen this one), and see the rest from the hyperlinks in the table below!

The sheets show some idyllic environmental views with plants and birds and insects as well as portraits of the Russian scientists, and all have three butterfly stamps at left and three mushroom stamps at right. They are strikingly beautiful illustrations, but how many stamps does a population of less than 12 million need? Especially when over 80% of that population relies on subsistence farming for its livelihood.

In 2011 Chad issued some stamps for those bored with rectangular issues - they are hexagonal [VIEW]. It's called aggressive marketing, I suppose. We do tend to think of postage stamps as being rectangular or square, but other geometrical shapes have been issued over the years. Mongolia has been particularly inventive, with diamond shaped stamps in 1964 [VIEW] and 1985 [VIEW]; and rhomboidal stamps in 1978 [VIEW]; Mongolia 1991 were back to the conventional rectangular shape [VIEW]. Triangular stamps were issued by Poland in 1959 [VIEW] and Ivory Coast in 2010 [VIEW]. Although the Peru 2007 issue was a set of four rectangular stamps, they were issued in a mushroom-shaped sheet [VIEW].

Country of Issue
Year of Issue
 SG catalogue number or custom number Description
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Bulgaria 1961 1274 Amanita caesarea, red, bistre & black
Bulgaria 1961 1275 Psalliota sylvatica, brown, grn & blk
Bulgaria 1961 1276 Boletus elegans, brown, bistre & blk
Bulgaria 1961 1277 Boletus edulis, brown, mve & blk
Bulgaria 1961 1278 Lactarius deliciosus, multicoloured
Bulgaria 1961 1279 Lepiota procera, orange, sepia & blk
Bulgaria 1961 1280 Pleurotus ostreatus, lav, brn & blk
Bulgaria 1961 1281 Armillaria mellea, brown, bistre & black
Bulgaria 1987 3408 Amanita rubescens
Bulgaria 1987 3409 Boletus regius, Royal boletus
Bulgaria 1987 3410 Leccinum aurantiacum, Red-capped scaber stalk
Bulgaria 1987 3411 Coprinus comatus, Shaggy ink cap
Bulgaria 1987 3412 Russula vesca, Bare-toothed russula
Bulgaria 1987 3413 Cantharellus cibarius, Chanterelle
Bulgaria 1987 DM1987 Collective sheet, featuring all six stamps in the series as listed above
Bulgaria 1989 3595 Large mouse-eared bat (features mushrooms as part of the design)
Bulgaria 1991 3746 Amanita phalloides, Death cap
Bulgaria 1991 3747 Amanita verna, Destroying angel
Bulgaria 1991 3748 Amanita pantherina, Panther cap
Bulgaria 1991 3749 Amanita muscaria, Fly agaric
Bulgaria 1991 3750 Gyromitra esculenta, Beefsteak morel
Bulgaria 1991 3751 Boletus satanus, Satan's mushroom
Bulgaria 1991 DM1991 Collective sheet, featuring all six stamps in the series as listed above
Bulgaria 1999 4266 Russula virescens
Bulgaria 1999 4267 Agaricus campestris, Field mushroom
Bulgaria 1999 4268 Hygrophorus russula
Bulgaria 1999 4269 Lepista nuda, Wood blewit
Bulgaria 2004 MS4515 Collective sheet, 2 x 2, 10st. Polyporus squamosus; 20st. Fomes fomentarius; 45st. Piptoporus betulinus; 80st. Laetiporus sulphureus.
Bulgaria 2011 MS4801 Collective sheet, with four (2 x 2) stamps: 65st. Rhodophyllus sinuatus; 65st. Inocybe patouillardii; 1l. Russula emetica; 1l. Omphalotus olearius.
Burkina Faso 1985 744 Polystictus leoninus (Upper Volta overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 746 Phlebopus colossus sudanicus (Upper Volta, overprinted with Burkina Faso) 
Burkina Faso 1985 748 Trametes versicolor (airmail) (Upper Volta, overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 747 Cosmos sulphureus (flowering plant) (Upper Volta, overprinted with Burkina Faso) 
Burkina Faso 1985 745 Pterocarpus lucens (flowering plant) (Upper Volta, overprinted with Burkina Faso) 
Burkina Faso 1985 749 Ganoderma lucidum, (Upper Volta overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 744 Polystictus leoninus, Minisheet featuring Clathrus fruit body (Upper Volta, NOT overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 745 Pterocarpus lucens (flowering plant) Minisheet featuring Clathrus fruit body (Upper Volta, NOT overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 747 Cosmos sulphureus (flowering plant) Minisheet featuring Clathrus fruit body (Upper Volta, NOT overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 748 Trametes versicolor (airmail), Minisheet featuring Clathrus fruit body (Upper Volta, NOT overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 749 Ganoderma lucidum, Minisheet featuring Clathrus fruit body (Upper Volta, NOT overprinted with Burkina Faso)
Burkina Faso 1985 DM1985 Uncatalogued minisheet: 600 F airmail stamp featuring Leucocoprinus caepistipes (vert.) in a sheet also showing Dictyophora indusiata and Laetiporus sulphureus.
Burkina Faso 1985 820 Pholiota (Kuehneromyces) mutabilis
Burkina Faso 1985 821 Hypholoma (Nematoloma) fasciculare
Burkina Faso 1985 822 Suillus (Ixocomus) granulatus
Burkina Faso 1985 823 Agaricus campestris
Burkina Faso 1985 824 Leccinum scabrum (Trachypus scaber)
Burkina Faso 1985 825 Marasmius scorodonius
Burkina Faso 1985 826 Armillaria mellea (airmail)
Burkina Faso 1990 993 Cantharellus cibarius
Burkina Faso 1990 994 Agaricus bisporus (Psalliota bispora)
Burkina Faso 1990 995 Amanita caesarea
Burkina Faso 1990 996 Xerocomus (Boletus) badius
Burkina Faso 1990 MS997 77 x 108 mm minisheet, 75f. x 4 As Nos. 993/6 featuring the same four mushrooms as in the set described above, but all priced at 75 f.
Burkina Faso 1995 DM1995 SEPARATES: 175F, Hygrocybe psittacina; 250F, Pleurotus ostreatus; 300F, Peziza onotica; 450F, Clavulinopsis laeticolor [VIEW]. PLUS the same set of four separate stamps UNPERFORATED [VIEW]. PLUS the same set of four as minisheets, 77 x 71 mm [VIEW A; VIEW B]. PLUS the same set of four as UNPERFORATED minisheets, 77 x 71 mm [VIEW C; VIEW D]. PLUS the same set of four in a collective sheet, 127 x 108 mm [VIEW], PLUS a copy of the collective sheet UNPERFORATED [VIEW].
Burkina Faso 1995 DM1995

Separates: Eight (horiz.) stamps: 150F, Russula nigricans; 300F, Xerocomus subtomentosus; 650F, Amanita rubescens; 750F, Amanita vaginata; 250F, Lepiota rhacodes; 500F, Russula sanguinea; 400F, Boletus erythropus; 1000F Geastrum sessile [VIEW]. PLUS a set of separates UNPERFORATED [VIEW]; PLUS a set of separates ovpt (gold) '90th anniversary of scouting' [VIEW]. PLUS the same designs on two souvenir sheets, 140 x 90 mm, with pale green ground [VIEW A; VIEW B]; PLUS the same stamp designs on two souvenir sheets, 140 x 90 mm, with pale blue ground and IMPERFORATE [VIEW C ; VIEW D ], PLUS the same, but PERFORATE, with ovpt (gold) for 85th Anniversary of Scouting [VIEW E ; VIEW F ]; PLUS the same stamp designs on two souvenir sheets, 140 x 90 mm, printed in shades of grey [VIEW G ; VIEW H ]. PLUS minisheets, 110 x 72 mm, (a) 1500F, featuring Morchella esculenta, PLUS the same IMPERFORATE, PLUS the same ovpt (silver) for 85th Anniversary of scouting [VIEW all three]; (b) 1500F, featuring Amanita muscaria. PLUS the same IMPERFORATE, PLUS the same ovpt (silver) for 85th Anniversary of scouting [VIEW all three].
Burma (as Myanmar) 2001 DM2001 2001: Collective sheet, 130 x 177 mm, nine stamps (3 x 3) all vert.; set of good photographs, but none identified.
Burundi 1992 1525 Russula ingens
Burundi 1992 1526 Russula brunneorigida
Burundi 1992 1527 Amanita zambiana
Burundi 1992 1528 Russula subfistulosa
Burundi 1992 1529 Russula meleagris
Burundi 1992 1530 Russula meleagris
Burundi 1992 1531 Russula immaculata
Burundi 1992 1532 Russula ingens
Burundi 1992 1533 Russula brunneorigida
Burundi 1992 1534 Russula sejuncta
Burundi 1992 1535 Russula sejuncta
Burundi 1992 1536 Afroboletus luteolus
Burundi 2004 DM2004 Souvenir sheet, 144 x 98 mm, six stamps, all 650F face value, all horiz.; Stropharia aeruginosa, Inocybe rimosa, Cortinarius alboviolaceus, Hypholoma fasciculare, Cortinarius purpurascens, Hebeloma crustuliniforme [VIEW]. PLUS a minisheet, 67 x 98 mm, 2500F, Coprinus picaceus [VIEW].
Burundi 2009 DM2009 SEPARATES: Stamps originally issued in 1992, old face value 130F, featuring Russula sejuncta; reissued with overprints of new face values 1200F, 1300F and 2500F.
Burundi 2013 DM2013 SEPARATES: Boletus appendiculatus (also features the Papuan Hawk Owl, Uroglaux dimorpha), Cortinarius caperatus, Amanita muscaria, Hypholoma fasciculare (also features the Barn Owl, Tyto alba), Boletus regineus and Boletus edulis. Commemoratives for the 210th anniversary of the birth of the Rev. Miles Joseph Berkeley. VIEW
Cambodia 1985 606 Gymnophilus spectabilis (horizontal)
Cambodia 1985 607 Coprinus micaceus
Cambodia 1985 608 Amanita patherina (as panterina), Panther cap
Cambodia 1985 609 Hebeloma (as Hebelona) crustuliniforme, Fairy cake mushroom
Cambodia 1985 610 Amanita muscaria, Fly agaric
Cambodia 1985 611 Coprinus comatus, Shaggy ink cap
Cambodia 1985 612 Amanita caesarea, Caesar's mushroom
Cambodia 1989 1001 Xerocomus subtomentosus
Cambodia 1989 1002 Inocybe patouillardii
Cambodia 1989 1003 Armillaria mellea, Honey fungus
Cambodia 1989 1004 Agaricus campestris, Field mushroom
Cambodia 1989 1005 Paxillus involutus, Brown roll-rim
Cambodia 1989 1006 Coprinus comatus, Shaggy ink cap
Cambodia 1989 1007 Macrolepiota (Lepiota) procera, Parasol mushroom
Cambodia 1992 1259 Albatrellus confluens
Cambodia 1992 1260 Boletus calopus, Scarlet-stemmed boletus
Cambodia 1992 1261 Stropharia aeruginosa, Verdigris agaric
Cambodia 1992 1262 Cortinarius armillatus (as Telamonia armillata)
Cambodia 1992 1263 Cortinarius traganus, Goaty smell cortinarius
Cambodia 1995 1443 Amanita phalloides
Cambodia 1995 1444 Cantharellus cibarius, Chanterelle
Cambodia 1995 1445 Armillaria mellea, Honey fungus
Cambodia 1995 1446 Agaricus campestris, Field mushroom
Cambodia 1995 1447 Amanita muscaria, Fly agaric
Cambodia 2000 2001 Amanita muscaria
Cambodia 2000 2002 Amanita pantherina
Cambodia 2000 2003 Clitocybe olearia
Cambodia 2000 2004 Lactarius scrobiculatus
Cambodia 2000 2005 Scleroderma vulgare
Cambodia 2000 2006 Amanita verna
Cambodia 2000 MS2007 Minisheet, 110 x 86 mm, 4500r. Death cap (Amanita phalloides) (stamp is a 32 x 40 mm within a larger decorative image of the same species).
Cambodia 2001 2108 Lycoperdon perlatum
Cambodia 2001 2109 Trametes versicolor
Cambodia 2001 2110 Hypholoma sublaterium (inscr Hipholoma)
Cambodia 2001 2111 Amanita muscaria, Fly agaric
Cambodia 2001 2112 Lycoperdon umbrinum
Cambodia 2001 2113 Cortinarius orellanus
Cambodia 2001 MS2114 Minisheet, 111 x 84 mm, 5400r. Death cap (Amanita phalloides) (the stamp being a 32 x 40 mm section of a larger image).
Canada 1984 DM1984 1984: Envelope labels; a sheet of envelope labels showing mushrooms issued by the North American Mycological Association and the Mycological Society of Toronto to mark the Henry C. Jackson Memorial Foray held September 20-23, 1984. There are three designs (a) Morchella vulgaris, (b) Amanita jacksonii, (c) Boletus ornatipes which are repeated throughout the full size sheet in a 6 x 5 matrix.
Canada 1989 1331 Clavulinopsis fusiformis
Canada 1989 1332 Boletellus (Boletus) mirabilis
Canada 1989 1333 Cantharellus cinnabarinus
Canada 1989 1334 Morchella esculenta
Canada 2011 DM2011 Celebrates International year of forests; Minisheet (self adhesive), 75 x 110 mm, with two vert. strips of two stamps each, upper shows view from the ground into redwood canopy; lower shows Amanita muscaria.
Canada 2011 DM2011 Celebrates International year of forests; Minisheet (perforated), 75 x 125 mm, with one vert. strips of two gummed stamps, upper shows view from the ground into redwood canopy; lower shows Amanita muscaria.
Central African Republic 1967 133 Macrolepiota (Leucocoprinus) africana
Central African Republic 1967 134 Marasmius (Synpodia) arborescens
Central African Republic 1967 135 Phaeogyroporus (Phlebopus) sudanicus
Central African Republic 1967 136 Termitomyces schimperi
Central African Republic 1967 137 Agaricus subedulis (Psalliota sebedulis)
Central African Republic 1984 1038 Rigidoporus microporus (Leptoporus lignosus)
Central African Republic 1984 1039 Phaeogyroporus (Phlebopus) sudanicus
Central African Republic 1984 1040 Termitomyces letestui
Central African Republic 1984 1041 Lepiota esculenta (possibly Chlorophyllum molybdites)
Central African Republic 1984 1042 Termitomyces aurantiacus (airmail)
Central African Republic 1984 1043 Termitomyces robustus (airmail)
Central African Republic 1984 MS1044 Minisheet 68x90 mm. 600f. (airmail) Tricholoma lobayense (lobayensis) (34x40 mm)
Central African Republic 1994 1527 Oranges
Central African Republic 1994 1531 Banana
Central African Republic 1994 1532 Synpodia arborescens (wrongly inscr Sympodia) (fungi)
Central African Republic 1994 1535 Mango
Central African Republic 1994 1536 Phlebopus sudanicus (fungi)
Central African Republic 1994 1537 Coffee beans
Central African Republic 1994 1540 Leucocoprinus africanus (fungi)
Central African Republic 1995 DM1995 SEPARATES: three stamps showing scouting activities and featuring mushrooms in upper half of the image; 300F, Armilariella mellea; 500F, Volvaria esculenta; 1000F, Cortinarius sp. [VIEW]; PLUS a set of each IMPERFORATE [VIEW]. Collective sheet, 122 x 90 mm, with one copy of each stamp (perforated) [VIEW], PLUS a version of the same sheet, IMPERFORATE [VIEW]. PLUS a set of three minisheets, 108 x 83 mm, each featuring one of these stamps, with a large butterfly image on the sheet, and each accompanied by an IMPERFORATE version [VIEW A], [VIEW B], [VIEW C]. Souvenir sheet, 137 x 99 mm, 2000F stamp featuring butterflies, but sheet shows Tremella fuciformis in lower right corner [VIEW].
Central African Republic 1996 DM1996 SEPARATES; two stamps, 300F, Lepiota aspersa; 450F, Amanita caesarea [VIEW]; Two minisheets 118 x 73 mm, featuring each of these stamps (with several other named fungi illustrated on the sheets) [VIEW A], [VIEW B]. Minisheet 115 x 79 mm, with 2000F stamp image featuring emperor moth, though the sheet has Morchella esculenta in bottom right corner [VIEW].
Central African Republic 1999 DM1999 SEPARATES: 40F, Leotia lubrica; 50F, Hygrophorus hypothejus; 65F, Tarzetta cupularis; 280F, Hygrocybe calyptraeformis; 345F, Auricularia mesenterica; 465F, Phellodon tomentosus; 485F, Helvella crispa; 600F, Gyromitra esculenta [VIEW]. Souvenir sheet, 95 x 144 mm, with nine stamps (3 x 3), all vert., all 390F face value; Hygrocybe psitaccina; Rickenella fulva; Laccaria amethystina; Tricholomopsis rutilans; Lepista personata; Lepista flaccida; Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis; Collybia fusipes; Collybia butyracea [VIEW]. PLUS souvenir sheet, 95 x 144 mm, with nine stamps (3 x 3), all vert., all 440F face value; Micromphale foetidum; Mycena crosata; Mycena pura; Russula rosea; Amanita muscaria; Mycena cinerella; Boletus pinfilus; Leccinum versipelle; Mutinus caninis [VIEW]. PLUS TWO minisheets, 110 x 85, both stamps vert., (a) 1500F, Lycoperdon echinatum [VIEW]; (b) 2000F, Geastrum striatum [VIEW].
Central African Republic 2001 DM2001 SEPARATES: 550F, Coltricia montagnei; 650F, Hydnum imbricatum; 600F, Inocybe fuscodisca; 700F, Hygrophorus miniatus [VIEW]. PLUS sheet, 142 x 122 mm, of eight stamps, all 350F, all vert.; Coprinus picaceus, Crinipellis zonata; Naematoloma fasciculare; Cortinarius caerulescens; Amanita muscaria; Cortinarius obtusus; Entoloma serrulatum; Strobilomyces floccopus [VIEW]. Minisheet, 130 x 90 mm, 1500F, Sarcosphaera crassa [VIEW]. PLUS sheet, 108 x 128 mm, of six stamps all at 390F, Lentinus sajor-caju, Lentinus velutinus, Pleurotus luteoalbus, Pluteus congoensis, Lentinus crinitus and Leucoagaricus ferruginosus [VIEW]; plus a version of the same sheet IMPERFORATE [VIEW]. PLUS sheet, 108 x 128 mm, of six stamps all at 465F; Lebtinus squarrosus, Phlebopus colossus, Lentinus tuberregium, Phlebopus sudanicus, Phlebopus silvaticus, Volvariella congoensis [VIEW].
Central African Republic 2002 DM2002 Collective sheet 110 x 130 mm, of three stamps, all of 665F face value; Pleurotus (as Agaricus) ostreatus; Russula virescens; Lactarius deliciosus [VIEW]; plus a version of the same sheet IMPERFORATE [VIEW]. Set of three minisheets, each with one of these three stamps [VIEW]; PLUS duplicate of all minisheets but IMPERFORATE [VIEW].
Central African Republic 2011 DM2011 Two sheets, 132 x 106 mm, of four stamps, all horiz., all 750F face value, two show butterflies, two show mushrooms, none identified [VIEW A], [VIEW B].
Central African Republic 2011 DM2011 Sheet, 104 x 120 mm, of three stamps, all 1000F face value (a) potrait of William Murrill + Cantharellus aurantiacus; (b) portrait of Fred J. Seaver + Stropharia viridula; (c) (vert.) portrait of A.H.R. Buller + Amanita mappa [VIEW]. PLUS sheet, 97 x 120 mm, with single 2700F stamp (horiz.), portrait of Elsie Maud Wakefield + Lactaria vellerea; sheet shows portrait of Anton De Bary + Pholiota squarrosa + Telaminia armillata + Collybia velutipes [VIEW].
Central African Republic 2011 DM2011 Set of six souvenir sheets ('Mushrooms I to VI'), 138 x 152 mm, each sheet with three stamps; all stamps 650F face value: (I) Phallus impudicus, Marasmius alliaceus, Cortinarius mustigenus [VIEW]; (II) Boletus edulis, Helvella crispa, Tricholoma ustale [VIEW]; (III) Boletus regius, Amanita virosa, Cantharellus cibarius [VIEW]; (IV) Mutinus caninus, Chlorophyllum molybdites, Suillus luteus [VIEW]; (V) Pholiota mutabilis, Sarcoscypha austriaca, Schizophyllum commune (all horiz. on this sheet) [VIEW]; (VI) Cyathus olla, Amanita muscaria, Aleuria aurantia (all horiz. on this sheet) [VIEW].
Central African Republic 2012 DM2012 Separates, six stamps in the series, all horiz., all 500F face value, three show butterflies, three show mushrooms, none identified [VIEW]. PLUS souvenir sheet, 140 x 140 mm, of the same six stamps [VIEW].
Central African Republic 2012 DM2012 Collective sheet of four stamps all vert. and 750 F. face value; Boletus erythropus, Suillus luteus, Boletus calopus, Suillus grevillei [VIEW]. PLUS a minisheet with a single (vert.) stamp, 2650 F. face value, showing Clathrus archeri; the sheet background image shows Tricia decipens, Vibrissea truncorum and Morchella vulgaris [VIEW].
Chad 1985 771 Chlorophyllum molybdites (yellow background)
Chad 1985 772 Tulostoma volvulatum
Chad 1985 773 Lentinus tuber-regium (green background)
Chad 1985 774 Lentinus tuber-regium (red background)
Chad 1985 775 Podaxis pistillaris
Chad 1985 776 Chlorophyllum molybdites (lilac background)
Chad 1995 DM1995 SEPARATES; unperforated: 150F, Amanita phalloides; 170F, Phallus impudicus; 200F, Lycoperdon perlatum; 350F, Hydnum repandum; 450F, Agaricus bisporus; 800F, Cortinarius orellanus [VIEW]. PLUS separates (perforated) of the 170, 200 and 350F stamps overprinted in silver for the 1996 Taipei stamp festival [VIEW]. PLUS a block of all six stamps in a collective sheet, 116 x 108 mm [VIEW], plus the same sheet unperforated [VIEW]. PLUS a set of six minisheets 90 x 112 mm, each containing a block of four copies of each of the stamps listed above [VIEW A], [VIEW B], [VIEW C]. PLUS a minisheet, 112 x 82 mm, with a 1500F stamp (Pleurotus ostreatus), two versions, one perforated, one unperforated [VIEW]. PLUS sets of six minisheets, 83 x 105 mm, in which one of the six stamps of the main series is mounted; two sets, one perforated, one unperforated [VIEW D], [VIEW E], [VIEW F], [VIEW G], [VIEW H], [VIEW I].
Chad 1996 DM1996 Minisheet, 130 x 90 mm, block of four 400F stamps; main image is a butterfly, but each stamp bears a good (identified) image of a fungus: Amanita phalloides, Cortinarius praestans, Phallus impudicus and Lycoperdon perlatum [VIEW]. PLUS a minisheet, 130 x 90 mm, with a block of four 650F stamps, the stamps only show butterflies, but the sheet has a good image labelled Agrocybe (Pholiota) aegerita in bottom right corner [VIEW]. PLUS a souvenir sheet, 114 x 88 mm, with a single 2000F stamp showing a large butterfly, the sheet having a decent image of Amanita rubescens at bottom left [VIEW].
Chad 1998 DM1998 Collective sheet, 104 x 110 mm, with six 475F stamps (2 x 3), all horiz.: Coprinus atramentarius, Romaria botrytis, Aleuria aurantia, Amanita muscaria, Macrolepiota rhacodes, Helvella crispa [VIEW]. PLUS a similar sheet of six 500F stamps: Morchella vulgaris, Tuber aestivum, Tuber melanosporum, Mitrophora hybrida, Morchella conica, Choeromyces meandriformis [VIEW]. PLUS a minisheet, 77 x 105, with a single 2000F stamp showing Neurophyllum clavatum (with Cantharellus cibarius on the sheet background image) [VIEW].
Chad 2002 DM2002 Sheet, 157 x 90 mm, with a block of six (3 x 2) 600F stamps (all horiz.): Amanita muscaria, Amanita rubescens, Cortinarius orellanus, Hygrophorus hypothejus, Leccinum piceinum, Strobilomyces strobilaceus [VIEW]. PLUS the same sheet imperforate [VIEW]. PLUS sets of three minisheets, 100 x 80 mm, each carries a pair of the previously listed stamps; two sets of the sheets, one set perforate [VIEW], the other imperforate [VIEW].
Chad 2003 DM2003 SEPARATES: Two 3000F stamps, both show Hygrocybe punicea, but one printed on gold foil [VIEW], the other printed on silver foil [VIEW]. PLUS, two minisheets, 120 x 90 mm, of the same stamps, one gold [VIEW] one silver [VIEW].
Chad 2004 DM2004 Minisheet, featuring two stamps, one at 600F face value showing Gabriel Lippmann (1908 Nobel Prize for Physics) with butterflies and a 1000F stamp featuring Sir James W. Black (1988 Nobel Prize for principle of receptor inhibiting drugs) and showing an unidentified fungus; two versions, perforate and imperforate [VIEW]. Separate 1000F stamps, one perforate [VIEW] one imperforate [VIEW]; and two different minisheets of the same (single) stamp, again perforate [VIEW] and imperforate [VIEW].
Chad 2010 DM2010 Two sheets 73 x 83 mm, each with two 400F stamps (vert); not well identified, but they seem to be Gyroporus cyanescens and Armillaria mellea on one sheet [VIEW], and Boletus edulis and Leccinum aurantiacum on the other [VIEW].
Chad 2010 DM2010 Set of 20 (TWENTY) souvenir sheets, 170 x 119 mm, featuring Russian scientists of 18th, 19th and early 20th century. Sheets show environmental views and all have three butterfly stamps at left and three mushroom stamps at right. Mushrooms featured are: (Bogdanov) Craterellus cornucopoides; Morchella conica, Amanita phalloides (all 250F) [VIEW]; (Dokoutchaev) Russula cyanoxantha, Coprinus comatus, Macrolepiota procera (all 250F) [VIEW]; (Karelin) Phallus impudicus, Mycena vitilis, Tremella mesenterica (all 250F) [VIEW]; (Kovalevski) 100F Boletus edulis, 200F Gomphidius glutinosus, 300F Leccinum versipelle [VIEW]; (Kracheninnikov) Amanita muscaria, Cantharellus cibarius, Boletus edulis (all 250F) [VIEW]; (Menzbier) 100F Morchella elata, 200F Pholiota squarrosa, 300F Boletus pinophilus [VIEW]; (Merejkovski) Leccinum versipelle, Cantharellus cibarius, Xerocomus subtomentosus (all 250F) [VIEW]; (Metchnikov) 100F Tricholoma magnivelare, 200F Amanita muscaria, 300F Cortinarius sp. [VIEW]; (Miklouho-Maclay) Boletus badius, Cantharellus cibarius, Russula vesca (all 250F) [VIEW]; (Mitchourine) 100F Boletus edulis, 200F Amanita muscaria, 300F Lepiota procera [VIEW]; (Pavlov) 100F Boletus satanus, 200F Boletus granulatus, 300F Boletus edulis [VIEW]; (Rachinsky) Laccaria amethystea, Lactarius deliciosus, Hydnum repandum (all 250F) [VIEW]; (Roulier) Amanita caesarea, Stropharia aeruginosa, Agaricus campestris (all 250F) [VIEW]; (N.A. Severtsov) 100F Coprinus comatus, 200F Pholiota squarrosa, 300F Amanita muscaria [VIEW]; (A.N. Severtsov) 100F Amanita muscaria, 200F Amanita calyptroderma, 300F Boletus depilatus [VIEW]; (Timiriazev) 100F Tricholoma flavovirens, 200F Leccinum versipelle, 300F Boletus foetens [VIEW]; (Tswett) 100F Amanita muscaria, 200F Boletus edulis, 300F Agaricus campestris [VIEW]; (Usov) Armillaria mellea, Ramaria aurea, Lepista nuda (all 250F) [VIEW].
Chad 2011 DM2011 Sheet, 75 x 108 mm, of four stamps, all vert., 150F, Boletus badius; 250F, Boletus erythropus; 350F, Leccinum scabrum, 450F, Suillus variegatus [VIEW]; PLUS a sheet, 100 x 108 mm, of six stamps, 150F, Hygrocybe punicea; 250F, Coprinus atramentarius; 350F, Pholiota squarosa; 450F, Tremiscus helvelloides; 550F, Boletus calopus; 650F, Gomphidius glutinosus [VIEW]. PLUS a sheet, 148 x 119 mm, of five hexagonal stamps, all 500F, Boletus duriusculus, Boletus edulis, Boletus erythropus, Boletus radicans, Boletus calopus [VIEW]. PLUS sheet, 132 x 117 mm, of four stamps, all horiz., all 1000F face value in the Butterflies and Mushrooms series, two show butterflies, two show mushrooms, all unidentified [VIEW].
Chad 2012 DM2012 Set of three sheets 152 x 75 mm, each with six stamps (all horiz): (1) 150F, Boletus edulis; 250F, Boletus duriusculus; 350F, Boletus luteus; 450F, Russula grisea; 550F, Boletus reticulatus; 650F, Russula rosea [VIEW]. (2) 150F Boletus depilatus; 250F, Boletus erythropus; 350F, Gyroporus castaneus; 450F, Russula paludosa; 550F, Leccinum testaceo-scabrum; 650F, Russula aurata [VIEW]. (3) 150F, Russula olivacea; 250F, Xerocomus pulverulentus; 350F, Suillus grevillei; 450F, Russula integra; 550F, Tylopilus felleus; 650F, Xerocomus cramesinus [VIEW].
Chad 2012 DM2012

Separates: six stamps in the 'Les hibboux et champignons' series. Three show owls (200F, 450F, 500F), and three show mushrooms: 100F, Amanita muscaria; 300F, unidentified; 475F, Coprinus sylvaticus [VIEW]. Plus a collective sheet showing the same set of stamps [VIEW].

And why did I choose to show the Chad 2010 souvenir sheet featuring Russian scientist Mikhail Semenovich Tswett? Well, a lifetime ago, on the day before my last final Honours examination I was tired of reading coursework yet again so I picked up a copy of Scientific American and read an article describing how the Russian-Italian botanist Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet had invented chromatography. The next day the first question on the (3-hour long) Honours Essay Paper was "Write an essay on Chromatography". That was 58 years ago. It's not the sort of thing you forget.  

Updated May 21, 2021