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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 497

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choppingwood, I noticed that between the bark and the wood ofthe piece of wood I was chopping there was a whitelayer of skin. Most of it was very strong. This was ona piece of oak-wood which, I believe, is called red oak.I send you a sample of it. I would like to know whatit is and how it is… … THK FUNGUS GROWTH THAT LOOKED LIKE PIECESOF CHAMOIS LEATHER. reus. This species and P. pinicola and P. pon-derosce are the principal wood-destroying fungi,forming felt-like growths of this sort, whichoccur in the United States. P. sulphurens oc-curs mainly on oaks and chestnuts. This growth occurs…

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