NEW SPECIES of luminescent mushrooms described from Brazilian rain forest

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Mycena luxaeterna, a new species of bioluminescent mushroom from Brazil, “glow[s] nonstop in the Brazilian rain forest.” The image is via National Geographic and courtesy of Eiji Nagasawa of the Tottori Mycological Institute.

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More biolumescent fungi: M. chlorophos has been known since the 1800s. The image is via National Geographic and Cassius V. Stevani of the Chemistry Institute at the University of Sao Paulo.

Luminescent Mushroom

Panellus Stipticus displaying bioluminescence (via Wikipedia):

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