Living lights : $b A popular account of phosphorescent animals and vegetablesHolder, Charles Frederick
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Living lights : $b A popular account of phosphorescent animals and vegetables
Holder, Charles Frederick
Animals; Bioluminescence; Phosphorescence
[44] PAGE 104. _Orthogoriscus mola._
[45] PAGE 128. Diatoms: _Pyrocystis pseudo-noctiluca_ and _P.
fusciformis_.
[46] PAGE 138. The common mushroom (_Agaricus campestris_), the meadow
mushroom (_Agaricus arvensis_), the French champignon (_Marasmius
oreades_), and in Austria _Agaricus mellius_, are eaten largely.
Truffles (_Tuber æstivum_), Morels (_Morchella esculenta_), and
Puff-ball (_Lycoperdon giganteum_) are also favorites in Europe.
[47] PAGE 138. Jew’s ear: _Himcola auricula Judæ_.
[48] PAGE 138. _Myletta austratis._
[49] PAGE 149. See the description of ooze on page 3. This ooze is
formed of the cast-off shells of the _Diatoms_, the minute vegetable
forms of low organization.
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