These japanese mushrooms are naturally bioluminescent and look pretty damn cool!
From Pink Tentacle:
With the arrival of Japan’s rainy season, a mysterious type of green, glow-in-the-dark mushroom begins to sprout in Wakayama prefecture. The Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms, known locally as shii no tomobishi-dake (literally, “chinquapin glow mushrooms”), sprout from fallen chinquapin trees. As they grow, a chemical reaction involving luciferin (a light-emitting pigment contained within the mushrooms) occurs, causing them to glow a ghostly green.
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These japanese mushrooms are naturally bioluminescent and look pretty damn cool!
From Pink Tentacle:
With the arrival of Japan’s rainy season, a mysterious type of green, glow-in-the-dark mushroom begins to sprout in Wakayama prefecture. The Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms, known locally as shii no tomobishi-dake (literally, “chinquapin glow mushrooms”), sprout from fallen chinquapin trees. As they grow, a chemical reaction involving luciferin (a light-emitting pigment contained within the mushrooms) occurs, causing them to glow a ghostly green.
(via Neatorama)
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December 17th, 2007 at 2:31 am
beautiful! I want them in my room ^_^
February 28th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Hello,
I am a research editor for “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” in New Hampshire, and we are interested in using this image in our 2009 issue. Can you tell me who has the rights to this photo so we can contact them re fees, usage, etc.
Thanks,
Martie Majoros
The Old Farmer’s ALmanac