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This mushroom has developed an amazing feature, it shines in the dark. In our native forests sometimes infected by the Hallimasch root pieces. This phenomenon is referred to as bioluminescence and is also known by the fireflies. For most observers of yesteryear, the glowing wood was mysterious and eerie, and associated with wizards, fairies, and elves. In this mushroom species shine both the mycelium and the fruiting bodies. Interestingly, however, only the American style of Panellus stipticus shines. He has a creamy white color and 1-2 cm large, shell-like fruiting bodies that spread throughout the trunk. Every year new fruiting bodies appear. | This mushroom has developed an amazing feature, it shines in the dark. In our native forests sometimes infected by the Hallimasch root pieces. This phenomenon is referred to as bioluminescence and is also known by the fireflies. For most observers of yesteryear, the glowing wood was mysterious and eerie, and associated with wizards, fairies, and elves. In this mushroom species shine both the mycelium and the fruiting bodies. Interestingly, however, only the American style of Panellus stipticus shines. He has a creamy white color and 1-2 cm large, shell-like fruiting bodies that spread throughout the trunk. Every year new fruiting bodies appear. | ||
File:leuchtende-Pilze-2.jpg|Source: [https://www.plantura.garden/gartentipps/zierpflanzen/leuchtpilze-infos-bilder-anbau-anleitung] | File:leuchtende-Pilze-2.jpg|Source: [https://www.plantura.garden/gartentipps/zierpflanzen/leuchtpilze-infos-bilder-anbau-anleitung] | ||
Nothing happens without reason in nature. So the extraordinary appearance of the mushrooms has a biological function. The emitted green light is visible to insects and attracts them. Similar to the "bees and flowers principle", the insects land on the mushrooms and transport on their onward flight spores that have stuck to them. Thus, the mushrooms receive by their striking luminous advantages in the propagation and distribution. | Nothing happens without reason in nature. So the extraordinary appearance of the mushrooms has a biological function. The emitted green light is visible to insects and attracts them. Similar to the "bees and flowers principle", the insects land on the mushrooms and transport on their onward flight spores that have stuck to them. Thus, the mushrooms receive by their striking luminous advantages in the propagation and distribution. | ||