Filming the mushrooms at night showed that they were swarmed by rove beetles, but the researchers observed the beetles may have been attracted by smells or something else, not necessarily the glowing.

The super-cute dome-shaped lights are trending among gardeners who are excited to turn their gardens into whimsical fairy houses.

And while we have previously seen temporarily glowing plants that incorporated enzymes obtained from fireflies, the mushroom-DNA plants are reportedly 10 times brighter, and they glow consistently.

Only in Santa Cruz would a graduate student be encouraged to make a chemical that is found in a rare mushroom. Despite the hippie heritage of the university, it is not magic mushrooms that have ...

Some mushrooms glow, and here's why Date: March 19, 2015 Source: Cell Press Summary: Researchers finally have an answer to why mushrooms glow. The light emitted from those fungi attracts the ...

A new fluorescent tool for detecting reactive oxygen species based on a chemical found in mushrooms has been developed by scientists at the University of Bath. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), such ...

The scenarios all end with the worm’s body invaded by the threads of its hungry captor. The oyster mushroom’s weapon of choice seems to be a toxin: Worms that touch the fungus are paralyzed ...