Latin?

• by Audburrito

  Would someone care to translate? This is the best I got: "Beech trunks to a rotten tooth, a few here. Autumn. in the forest Hostrichiensi . Oestrich (Nassau ), leg. Fuckel"

  Posted January 21, 2016 9:58 PM

• by maggiej

  Here's my take on it, though I'm no Latin scholar: "On rotten fagus trunks. Infrequent. Autumn. In the Hostrichiensi Forest, Oestrich, Nassau."

  That last part, after 'Autumn', is the location. Fuckel is the name of the collector.

  Posted January 22, 2016 4:39 AM

• by md68135 scientist

  I think Fagi might be Beech as well.

  Posted January 22, 2016 7:56 PM

• by Taubenus

  "Oestrich (Nassau)" is a little misleading. In 1894 there was no (semi-)independent duchy of Nassau anymore. The city of Oestrich was prussian (province: Hessen-Nassau). Today it's Country: Germany ; State: Hessen ; County: Rheingau-Taunus Kreis ; Locality: Oestrich (Rheingau).

  Posted January 23, 2016 9:30 PM