jack o lantern mushroom

United States
December 31, 2012 3:51pm CST
As usual the kids had QUBO on and one of the shows they mentioned the jack o lantern mushroom. As they were trying to figure out why there was glowing in the woods. I guess this poisonous mushroom's gills actually glow. I thought that was kinda neat as I didn't know of much else other than a fire fly to glow naturally. I'd love to see them glow in person http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalotus_olearius
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dorannmwin
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
2 Jan 13
Oh wow, those are really neat mushrooms, but I have to admit that this is the first time that I've heard of these kinds of mushrooms. Now I know that lightening bugs (fireflies) do have the appearance of glowing and they are the only thing that I've ever had the opportunity of seeing in my life, but I also know that there is a large variety of sea life that has biolumenescent characteristics as well. That is another thing that I would love to see in my life.
lilybug
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
1 Jan 13
Those are really neat looking, but also kinda creepy that a mushroom can glow. Hopefully no one would attempt eating a mushroom that glows, but obviously someone has in order for them to know what the side effects are.
Amber
@AmbiePam (120683)
• United States
1 Jan 13
That's so cool!