"Chimpanzee fire", bioluminescent fungi

Check out the wonderful time-lapse video of the glow-in-the-dark forest floor in Congo.

Mushrooms in Singapore

The fungal diversity in Singapore is still little investigated and no new, recent revision is around the corner.

A Guide to Tropical Fungi (Singapore Science Centre) was published in 1990 and not easily available.

However, take note that there are at least three bioluminescent mushrooms in this city state.

Take note too that there are several enthusiastic photographers of wild mushrooms and fungi here.

Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms

Apparently, there are  71 known species of bioluminescent mushrooms.

So next time you need some light in your life...

Research on bioluminescent fungi at Cornell University.

Collection of photographs of bioluminescent fungi

Discovery of rare glow-in-the-dark fungi in Brazil. Another article about the same find.