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agarics are able to raise heavy stones under which they spring up; and Bulliard tells of a Phallus which burst a gla ve el in which it had been confined. They generally appear in the greatest abundance in moist autumn weather, thougk some are found wherever there is moisture. Some species of Agaric us po e a remarkable luminosity, and certain Rhizomorphe growing in mines shed a phosphorescent light of extreme brilliancy. Fungi differ from flowering plants in their chemical influence upon the air. They absorb oxygen and exhale carbonic acid, performing the same office in this respect as animals, which they most resemble in chemical composition. The odors they emit in decay are more like putrescent animal than vegetable matter. Some species of Phallus and Clathrus emit a most intolerably offensive stench.