Bioluminescence is the output and discharge of visible luminance from dwell organism . In the works world , a number of fungi possess bioluminescent place that cause them to glow in the night . The glowing appears when a paint respond with an enzyme and oxygen to make twinkle . Bioluminescent fungi might have evolved to attract insects that help with spore dispersal .
Jack O’Lantern Mushrooms
Jack o’lantern mushroom ( Omphalotus olearius ) are bright orange fungi that typically raise in cluster on stagnant woods . These trumpet - mold mushroom generally grow between 1 and 4 column inch high . The gill on the bottom of the mushroom glow in the dark . The greenish glow is get by the presence of luciferase , an enzyme create when this mushroom gets rid of waste matter production . The poisonous jack o’lantern mushroom-shaped cloud is often misguided for the edible chantrelle mushroom . Poisoning symptom can last for several Day after consumption and typically admit severe stomach cramp iron , looseness of the bowels and vomiting . Jack o’lantern mushrooms have been fleck in California and Pennsylvania .
Ghost Fungus
The spectre fungus ( Omphalotus nidiformis ) is a shine - in - the - dark mushroom that generally sprouts in bunch at the bases of dead or dying trees . These bombastic mushrooms have been spotted in Tasmania and the southern part of Australia . Ghost kingdom Fungi are funnel - shape mushrooms with white gill and brown , orangish , purple or gray caps . Although the entire mushroom cloud gives off a slight dark-green glow , the gill are usually the most luminescent . trace mushrooms can give out enough ignitor that citizenry can read in a blue elbow room . These mushroom are only bioluminescent when they are vernal . This toxicant mushroom cloud is often confused with the comestible oyster mushroom . The spook fungus stimulate severe vomit if ingested .
Honey Mushroom
Honey mushrooms ( Armillaria mellea ) originate in the eastern land of North America and in northerly California . Honey mushrooms typically arise in large clustering on hardwood during wet autumn months . These parasitical fungus have smooth , honey yellow caps and white gills . The roots of the honey mushroom glow in the dark . As these roots , called rhizomorphs , extend under the barque of the host tree , the wood also seems to beam . This phenomenon is often called " foxfire . " Mushroom hunters should beware because the comestible honey mushroom looks exchangeable to the poisonous Deadly Galerine mushroom .
Tsukiyotake Mushrooms
Tsukiyotake mushrooms ( Omphalotus japonicus ) , also cry moonlight mushrooms , are congener of the jack o’lantern mushroom cloud indigenous to Asia . This vicious mushroom-shaped cloud prefers to constellate on conifer wood . It fruits from former fall to mid - winter and boast wan gills . This glowing - in - the - dark mushroom is often false for the eatable huitre mushroom .
Bitter Oyster Mushrooms
Bitter oyster mushrooms ( Panellus stipticus ) , also called luminescent panellus , grow in clusters on rotting Sir Henry Wood across North America . This mushroom has a ashen to tan cap , a fuzzy stem and whitened gills that glow in the dark . Panellus stipticus typically sprout from May through December and is more common in the eastern country than in the west .
