Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 281
m also have these fungus servants in theirroots, the same as this Indian pipe, so that theyget their starch food in two ways. This is sowith a large number of the orchids, with theoaks, and other trees at times. These plantshave not yet lost their green color. Others —for example, pine-sap, the… … you are in the woods where this plant is grow-ing, dig up one, and you will see that its rootsare short, thick, and all in a bunch. Now, theservant lives in these roots, and it is a plant,too. But it is a very minute plant called afungus, and this fungus is so small that wecannot see it without the…
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