338 LUMINOUS ORGANISMS OF FAR EAST 



gation (lizima and Kikkawa, unpublished) have been made, but 

 space does not allow a description of the results. 



During World War II, luminous bacteria were grown for illumina- 

 tion in blackouts, and recently an extract of luminous bacteria called 

 "Florads" was made for sale by Dr. Takino (1953) of the Dainippon 

 Zoki Institute for Medical Research, Osaka, Japan. Florads costs 500 

 yen per box of 5 ampules, each containing 2 cc for injection. Accord- 

 ing to Dr. Takino, Florads has an anti-allergic and neurotropic action 

 and acts effectively upon rheumatism of the joints and spontaneous 

 gangrene without deleterious effects. 



Fungi 



It is a most remarkable fact that many species of luminous fungi 

 appear at night in the rainy season in the forests or jungles of the 

 tropics. The decayed wood that had grown luminous fungi was col- 

 lected and brought back to Japan from tropical countries, where the 

 fungi continued to glow in my laboratory in Tokyo during the summer 

 season and I was able to observe in detail their ecology, the intensity 

 of light, and color of their light. 



Eight new species of these luminous fungi from Micronesia and 

 North Borneo were identified by the late Dr. S. Kawamura. The 

 results of my observation of the luminosity were published by me 

 (1939), and a taxonomical report was made by Kawamura (1940) in 

 Japanese. Five more new species were also identified by Kawamura, 

 but he died in 1943 before he was able to publish his final taxonomical 

 report. Pleurotus lunaillustris and Mycena bambusa, named by Kawa- 

 mura, are widely distributed in the tropics. In Singapore Dr. E. J. H. 

 Corner and I collaborated in our collection and observations of lu- 

 minous fungi and some of our findings were published by Dr. Corner 

 (1950). 



Luminous fungi of Japan 



On the Pacific coast of South Japan and adjacent islands, some 

 genera of luminous fungi are found which are common in Micronesia, 

 East Indies, and the Malay Peninsula. 



In Japan the following four luminous species are well known: 

 Lampteromyces japonicus (Kawamura) Singer, Armillaria mellea 



