Bioluminescence: The greatest light show of them all
From glowing caves to the frenzied flickering of flying night lights: bioluminescence is a phenomenon revered by many but understood by...
How research into glowing fungi could lead to trees lighting our streets
On a moonless night deep in a Brazilian rainforest the only thing you are likely to see are the tiny smears of light from flitting...
Circadian control sheds light on fungal bioluminescence
This prescient study reveals that bioluminescent mushrooms in the jungles of Brazil glow in the dark to attract insects leading to spore...
Luzes vivas da noite
Nuvens de pontos luminosos que rasgam o ar, manchas brilhantes que se assentam sobre troncos de árvores apodrecidos, lanternas...
Circadian rhythm in fungal bioluminescence: nature's bright idea ...
The first historical anecdote describing the phenomenon of mushroom bioluminescence was by Aristotle in the third century BC. The ability...
Pesquisadores brasileiros desvendam como o cogumelo flor de coco se ilumina
Uma lâmpada acesa perto de uma área arborizada parece servir como verdadeiro farol para todo o tipo de inseto. Atraídos pela luz, esses...
Cientistas descobrem que fungo que brilha no escuro tem relógio biológico
Cientistas descobriram que fungos encontrados no Brasil e que emitem luz natural, um fenômeno chamado de bioluminescência, têm o “relógio...
Cogumelo do Brasil brilha à noite e os insectos vão até lá
À noite, um verde fluorescente tinge o solo da mata dos cocais nos estados de Piauí, Maranhão, Tocantins e Goiás, no Centro e Norte do...
Licht unterstützt die Ausbreitung
Manche Pilze leuchten im Dunkeln. Nun haben Forscher eine mögliche Erklärung dafür gefunden, warum sich dieses energieaufwendige Phänomen...
Why some mushrooms glow in the dark
A team of scientists recently created some fake, glowing mushrooms and scattered them in a Brazilian forest in hopes of solving an...
Mushrooms that glow to continue the species
Scientists have known about bioluminescent fungus since ancient times. But even Aristotle was not sure why some mushrooms would need to...
Why some mushrooms glow in the dark
If you go out on a dark night, preferably during a new moon, in certain forests in northeastern Brazil you may find something peculiar:...
Glowing mushrooms
2300 years ago, Aristotle wondered why some mushrooms glow, and now, scientists may finally have an answer. In the journal Current...
Leuchtpilze locken Insekten an
Wenn es Nacht wird im brasilianischen Kokoswald, beginnen einige Pilze grünlich zu leuchten. Sie locken auf diese Weise Insekten an, die...
Ritmo biológico controla brilho de cogumelos
Em noite de lua nova, se tornam mais óbvias as luzes verdes ao pé de palmeiras-babaçu na região do município de Altos, no Piauí. São os...