The wonderful show of bioluminescent mushrooms that illuminate the forest (VIDEO)

A spectacle of nature is that of the fluorescent mushrooms that can be found in particular humid woods, next to the trunks of the trees. Small green and blue flashes that frame the environment giving life to a magical atmosphere.

A spectacle of nature is that of the fluorescent mushrooms that can be encountered in particular wet woods, alongside the tree trunks. Small flashes green and blue that frame the environment giving life to a magical atmosphere.





We have talked many times about the bioluminescence that allows living organisms to emit light through chemical reactions. There is the sea illuminated by algae or firefly squid, again the bright beetle and many wonderful places to admire the show.

But if you think bioluminescence is only of interest fish, shellfish and fireflies, you are wrong because even mushrooms can give off light! The discovery dates back to 1849, when the English botanist George Gardner in Natividade in Brazil, he saw some boys playing with a luminous object, later identified as a fungo bioluminescente, later renamed Agaricus gardneri in his honor.

According to research by a team of Russian, Brazilian and Japanese biologists published in the journal Science Advances in April 2017, the reaction that causes these fungi to light up would be the same as that which allows the fireflies to shine.

Scholars have analyzed two species of mushrooms: the Neonothopanus gardneri of Brazil and the Neonothopanus nambi of Vietnam and the results show that the reaction underlying the luminescence is that which allows the oxidation of luciferin into oxydoluciferin, again thanks to of the morning star.

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As we read in the study, unlike what happens in fireflies, however, the enzyme is able to react also with other pigments, changing the color and intensity of the resulting light.

In practice, the light they emit would serve to signal their presence, for example, to beetles and wasps to allow the transport of the spores in the undergrowth to favor their reproduction.

Hypotheses that are still being studied above all because the phenomenon of bioluminescence would concern well 71 species of 9 genera in the order of Basidiomycetes.



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Among the best known there are Mycena, Armillaria, Pleurotus, Omphalotus and Panellus which grow on decaying trunks and leaves in humid tropical and temperate forests.

There are also luminescent mushrooms! We will discover some good ones next Saturday. From 16 to 20 at @leopoldapisa! pic.twitter.com/ordiMEk7nY

- Banca del Tempo Pisa (@BancaDelTempoPI) 23 September 2015

How it works and how to see bioluminescence in mushrooms

Bioluminescence is, therefore, one oxidation reaction. Molecular oxygen or hydrogen peroxide oxidizes a molecule called luciferin, the reaction is catalyzed by an enzyme called luciferase.

Although in the case of mushrooms, the process is not yet fully understood, but it may be different from what happens in the Battery.


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How to see bioluminescent mushrooms? Kim Coder of Gardening 123 explains:


“The best way to see is to wander in damp woods at night where the oaks for example have old trunks. A night without a full moon and a place away from artificial lights is required. These fungi proliferate in spring when the soil warms up ”.

Dominella Trunfio

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