Mycena lampadis Luminous Mushroom
Fireflies now glow-in-the-dark mushrooms!
Same mushroom under torch light
Carol, who sent the firefly photos, called me late the other night inviting me to see the glow-in-the-dark mushrooms in their gully. Extraordinary, spooky and a very very special experience: walking thought the dark with the only light these amazing fungi.
Seeing these luminous mushrooms during the day they look like just another delicate white fungi.
The Springbrook Research Centre has information on bioluminescence.
The Mountain continues to surprise and delight. Listen to my interview with Kelly Higgins-Devine: 612ABC Drive.
See more of our amazing mushrooms: read my article on Forest Fungi.
Mount Gravatt Environment Group 
April 21, 2011 at 9:02 am
Hi!
This is fantastic stuff. I’ve just been photographing Ghost Fungi, another luminescent species that has turned up here in Toowoomba (see my blog post at http://www.robertashdown.com/blog).
I will place a link to your post on my blog asap.
Your blog is great, and it is wonderful to see what you have planned for Mt Gravatt.
All the best to you.
Robert Ashdown
April 22, 2011 at 8:36 am
Thanks Robert … love your story about the nighttime adventure with your young apprentice and, yes, the resulting photos were definately worth the effort: cold and wet are quickly forgotten.
Michael Fox
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