of folder 10 with Cage’s word drawings overlapping a drawn overview of the artist Lois Long’s property where they would often hunt for morels; a tissue overlay of text, of his and others prose, over a lithograph of morel mushrooms by Lois Long. Cage wanted the search for words and meaning to simulate the experience of foraging in the woods for mushrooms. He compared the role of chance in finding mushrooms to the chance that occurred while creating music and art." Selected publications Cage, John, et al. Atlas eclipticalis. 1962. Cage, John, Lois Long, and Alexander H. Smith. Mushroom Book. New York: Hollanders Workshop, 1972. Cage, John, and Lois Long. Mud Book: How to Make Pies and Cakes. Hudson, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2017. References 1918 births 2005 deaths Women mycologists American mycologists American women botanists American botanists Botanical art American illustrators 20th-century American women 20th-century American people 21st-century American women