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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 130

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ect, which he atfirst thought was a large firefly; but he foundon inspection it was a brilliant mushroom(Agaric) which now bears his name. It gaveout a bright light of a greenish hue, and wascalled by the natives flor de coco, as it grewon a species of palm. The young plants emita brilliant light,… … FAIRY-RING CHAMPIGNONS — SHOWING THE PLATES. glow in rotten wood is caused by its containingthe threads of light-giving fungi. Some of the Agarics and the fairy-ring cham-pignons grow in rings, springing up each year ina little wider circle than that of the year before,until by and by the ring…

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