RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1880.11.07. I am coming strongly to opinion that leaves drawn into holes [Earthworm research notes] CUL-DAR65.31. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Prepared and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2025. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR65 contains materials for Earthworms.
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Nov 7 1880 — I am coming strongly to opinion that leaves drawn into holes & stones over them replace castings, when the worm is living on leaves — I have never seen castings formed only of excrement of digested leaves — I presume not very bulky they can be left in burrows.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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