New Glowing Mushrooms Found in Brazil


	New Glowing Mushrooms Found in Brazil

invictus

10-30-2006 7:43 PM

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glowing mushrooms, botanics, science

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10-30-2006 8:34 PM

willhelm

I wonder if they are edible.

11-3-2006 4:19 PM

strings3002

Cool, if edible they'd make a great candle light dinner with no candles!

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Like a black light poster come to life, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near São Paulo, Brazil, emanates a soft green glow when the lights go out. 
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