Gatti Ninja

Global Museum

"Bioluminescent Fungi"

Mushrooms that glow in dark, found in Brazil and Vietnam. Glow is result of an interaction between a compound called luciferin and luciferase enzyme in presence of oxygen. There are roughly 80 species of bioluminescent fungi scattered throughout the world.

History of fungal bioluminescence begins with Aristotle in 4th Century BC. For almost two millennia, this incredible phenomenon remained little studied in the literature. #Fungi

@archeohistories

Frank Ashwood

Time to show a bit of love to the slime moulds.

Have you got a good shot of one? Share below, let's get a slimy thread going.

(In this photo: Stemonitis sp.?)

#Mycetozoa #Fungi #Mould #Macrophotography #Amebozoa

A photograph of a cluster of tall brown slime mould sporangia on slender stalks, growing on a piece of decaying wood.

Cascade Pine

A colorful micro-community in the woods.

#nature #mosstodon #fungi #sporespondence #mushtodon #macrophotography #naturephotography

A vibrant green carpet of moss in a close-up photo, revealing the fine details of the mossy foliage. A series of tiny golden-brown mushrooms is sprouting from the moss.

Frank Ashwood

Another wonderful birthday gift - my first ever finding of Bird's Nest Fungi (Nidulariaceae)! The flat ‘eggs’ contain fungal spores, and are thrown from the ‘nest’ by splashes of raindrops!

#Fungi #Mycology #Macrophotography

A photograph of a brown cup-shaped fungal fruiting body, containing four creamy disk-shaped 'eggs'.

A photograph of a brown cup-shaped fungal fruiting body, containing six creamy disk-shaped 'eggs'.

Wyatt Brege

The mushrooms that peak out from juuust underneath the leaves always bring me a smile #FungiFriday #mushrooms #fungi

A small mushroom with a helmet shaped cap protruding from a blanket of dry oak leaves

Cab

Boost please British folk. Woods here are FULL of death caps. Amanita phalloides. In decades of picking I have never seen as many as here on Cambridge today. It not even usually common here. It's brutally poisonous, please share a warning to avoid it #mushtodon #fungi #mushrooms

Gemma Sarracenia

Finally went through my footage of pink oyster mushrooms releasing their spores to find the very prettiest part.

#mushrooms #mushtodon #fungi

Macro of the underside of the mushrooms, backlit to give them a golden glow. Ribbons of dust rise and wave like glitter against the black background.

Damien Hurrell

More #Fungi from today's bushwalk.

A group of bracket fungi fruiting bodies growing on the base of a tree trunk. The fungi are predominantly orange in colour, while the bark of the tree is grey and brown and moderately fissured.

A red toadstool grows out of the leaf litter on the floor of the Box-Ironbark forest.

Laurie S

#fungi #mushrooms #nature fungus in the yard, look closely for the visitor!

A collection of backyard mushrooms among the grass coming out of dead wood roots. Beige and brown, circular pattern. Fungus among us!

Stinky mushroom in the grass, look closely to see its visitor! A striped fly with a red head on the gooey, brown and yellow top of the fungus.

Bob McIntosh

Dead Man's Fingers #fungi

A fungi with four finger-like forms emerging from an old branch, very much like a hand. The fungi is mostly grey merging into pinkish, flesh-coloured tips

Jungle George 🌴🌳🌲🍃

A new type of fungi has been found that can munch on plastic 🍄🌍 Finally, a natural solution to plastic pollution that can break down harmful materials and help clean up our planet. Let's hope we can harness this amazing discovery for a more sustainable future

#recycle #greentech #fungi #plastic #plasticfree #sustainability #ecofriendly

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-15/plastic-eating-fungi-discovery-raises-hopes-for-recycling-crisis/102219310