BGKYmushroomguy Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 This was growing on a dead deciduous log. I didn’t get the chance to take a spore print. They were tiny, but presumably young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Panellus stipticus http://www.mushroomexpert.com/panellus_stipticus.html . This type mushroom will reportedly glow in the dark... if fresh enough. I've never seen bioluminescence of P. stipticus. To have a chance to see this, you probably need to take the fungus into a completely dark area --like a closet-- and wait for several minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGKYmushroomguy Posted January 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 That is AWESOME!!! I had pegged Panellus Stipticus as a possible culprit. Wicked cool. How long an exposure with a DSLR would capture that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 11, 2018 Report Share Posted January 11, 2018 Sorry, BGKY. I don't have the answer to that last question. But there are photos of fungal bioluminescence found online. One time that I observed fungal bioluminescence it was with a cluster of Omphalotus illudens (Jack O'Lantern Mushroom). This was a freshly emerged fruiting. I harvested the cluster and took it directly into a small completely dark closet. It took about 5 minutes before I detected the green glow following the contours of the gills. Many years ago, I saw glowing Armillaria mycelium on exposed roots while camping. At the time, I didn't know what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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