Phost Trees

Phost trees are similar to oaks, except their bark is quite shaggy and leaves are twice as broad as they are long. The wood of the phost gives off a soft glow when it has been dead for a year or so. This radiance is sufficient to light a S-foot radius around a branch or rotting phostwood trunk. Rough handling or exposure to dampness hastens the rotting process, so that the wood will crumble away in a few months.

These trees are similar to oaks, except that their bark is quite shaggy and their leaves are twice as broad as they are long. Phost wood gives off a soft glow in dim light after a tree has been dead for a year or so. Groves of phost trees can often be seen at dawn or twilight for some distance, even within a mixed forest. The wood is not hard, does not take seasoning well, and is used more for firewood and kindling than for anything else.