Imagine stepping outside at night and being greeted by softly glowing leaves and flowers, casting an ethereal light over your ...

Plus, some species of glowing fungi glow only in their belowground mycelium, where it would be of no use to spore-spreading.

More than 90 species of fungi glow in the dark, including these Brazilian “coconut flower” mushrooms (Neonothopanus gardneri). The light may lure insects that spread mushroom spores.

Little ping-pong bats, a member of the panellus genus, look like string lights wrapped around tree branches in the forest ...

Although all bioluminescent fungi emit green light (the true mushroom is the green one), the fungal luciferase can use different substrates leading to changes in intensity and color of emission.

Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their roots. Whether these orchids change their feeding method ...