 | 1850 - 806 páginas
...; from this circumstance, and from growing on a palm, it is called by the inhabitants the " flor do coco." The light given out by a few of these fungi...return from Brazil, has been described by the Rev. MJ Berkeley under the name of Agaricus Gardneri, from preserved specimens which I brought home.' In... | |
 | 1847 - 490 páginas
...that emitted by the larger fire-flies, or by those curious soft-bodied marine animals, the Pyrosoma. From this circumstance, and from growing on a palm,...the Rev. Mr. Berkeley, under the name of Agaricus Gardncri, from preserved specimens which I have brought home. I had already named it A. phosphorescens,... | |
 | 1847 - 492 páginas
...that emitted by the larger fire-flies, or by those curious soft-bodied marine animals, the Pyrosoma. From this circumstance, and from growing on a palm,...which I have brought home. I had already named it A. phosphorescens, not being aware at the time I discovered it that any other species of the same genus... | |
 | George Gardner - 1846 - 606 páginas
...Pyrosoma; from this circumstance, and from growing on a palm, it is called by the inhabitants "Flor do Coco;" the light given out by a few of these fungi,...Agaricus Gardneri, from preserved specimens which I brought home. I had already named it A. phosphor escens, not being aware at the time I discovered it,... | |
 | 1847 - 854 páginas
...Pyrotonur. From this circumstance, and from growing on a palm, it is called by the inhabitants ' Flor do Coco.' The light given out by a few of these fungi, in a dark room, was sufficient to read by. I was not aware at the time I discovered this fungus that any other species of the same genus exhibited... | |
 | 1847 - 862 páginas
...this circumstance, and from growing on a palm, it is called by the inhabitants ' Flor do Coco.' Tli« light given out by a few of these fungi, in a dark room, was suflicient to read by. I was not aware at the time I discovered this fungus that any other species... | |
 | David Badham - 1847 - 244 páginas
...Pyroaonue ; from this circumstance, and from growing on a palm, it ii called by the inhabitants ' Flor do Coco ;' the light given out by a few of these fungi in a (¡ark room, was sufficient '<o read by. It proved to be quite a new species, and since my return from... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1848 - 400 páginas
...that emitted by the larger fire-flies, or by those curious soft-bodied marine animals, the Pyrosotnte. From this circumstance, and from growing on a palm,...fungi, in a dark room, was sufficient to read by. It has been described by the Rev. Mr. Berkeley, under the name of Agaricus Gariineri, from preserved specimen?.... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 páginas
...Pyrosomoœ. From this circumstance, and from growing on palm, it is called by the inhabitants " Flor du Coco." The light given out by a few of these fungi, in a dark room, was sufficient to read by. I was not aware at the time I discovered this fungus that any other species of the same genus exhibited... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 910 páginas
...; from this circumstance, and from growing on a palm, it is called by the inhabitants the " flor do coco." The light given out by a few of these fungi...since my return from Brazil, has been described by the Eev. MJ Berkeley under the name of Agaricus Gardncri, from preserved specimens which I brought home.'... | |
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I obtained a great many specimens, and found them to vary from 1 to 2J inches across. The whole plant gives out at night a bright phosphorescent light, of a pale greenish hue, similar to that emitted by the larger fire-flies, or by those curious soft-bodied... 
