Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 886
shine with an astonishingly pow-erful light. Even in temperate regions thestrange thread-like processes (mycelia) fromwhich the toadstools arise are strongly phosphor-escent. These are often present in bits of rot-ting wood, and any one staying in the countrymay chance upon some interesting… … THE DITTANY BY DAY. their eggs in the fungi, and, during their visits,help in the distribution of the spores. One plant which may be classed with the lumi-nous kinds is the dittany (Dictamnus), a nativeof western Asia, sometimes grown in gardens.This plant secretes an essential oil in abundance;
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