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LUMINOUS ORGANISMS OF FAR EAST 



Fig. 1. The luminous fungus, Mycena lux-coeli, from Hachijo Island, Japan, 

 photographed by daylight (top) and by its own light (bottom). 



Fig. 2, and Pleurotus noctilucens Lev, (Palao, 1937; Yap, Saipan, 

 Rota, Truk, Ponape, 1940; North Borneo, 1938; Manukwari, New 

 Guinea, 1942; Singapore, 1943; Java, 1944). Mycena hambusa Kawa- 

 mura is a synonym of Mycena chlorophos, and Pleurotus lunaillustris 

 is a synonym of Pleurotus noctilucens. 



