October 5, 2009–Glowing nonstop in the Brazilian rain forest, the newfound mushroom Mycena luxaeterna (pictured both in daylight, top, and in the dark) is indeed a source of eternal light, as its Latin name–inspired by verses from Mozart’s “Requiem”–implies. The tiny mushroom is one of 7 new species of glow-in-the-dark fungi found around the world, bringing the total known to 71, according to a study that appeared October 5 in the journal Mycologia. San Francisco State University’s Dennis Desjardin and colleagues scouted for mushrooms during new moons, in rain forests so dark they often couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces, he said.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SAYS ITS TRUE…
October 5, 2009–Glowing nonstop in the Brazilian rain forest, the newfound mushroom Mycena luxaeterna (pictured both in daylight, top, and in the dark) is indeed a source of eternal light, as its Latin name–inspired by verses from Mozart’s “Requiem”–implies.
The tiny mushroom is one of 7 new species of glow-in-the-dark fungi found around the world, bringing the total known to 71, according to a study that appeared October 5 in the journal Mycologia.
San Francisco State University’s Dennis Desjardin and colleagues scouted for mushrooms during new moons, in rain forests so dark they often couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces, he said.