Flashy Fungi: Researchers Still in the Dark over Glowing Jungle Mushrooms
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 14:42
in Biology & Nature
It might sound like the opening to a trippy fairy tale, but there are now 71 known species of bioluminescent mushrooms that glow night and day amidst the leaf litter of tropical jungles across the globe. [More]
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