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Lunar Mushroom

Mycena chlorophos

Description:

Tiny mushroom approx 2-3mm diameter of the cap. Emits faint glow visible during the night. A cluster of these would be very noticeable.

Habitat:

Rainforest. Usually found on rotting bamboo.

Notes:

The locals call these 'Cendawan Bulan' which in Malay means Lunar Mushroom.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Pino
Pino 13 years ago
shii no tomobishi-dake (literally, "chinquapin glow mushrooms")
Mycena lux-coeli Mycena lux-coeli - The Coolest Mushroom I Have Ever Seen | Jim On Light


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96 Comments (1–25)

syzygy
syzygy 4 years ago

Why does it glow? I mean: for what purpose? What is the function of lts light?
For example to attract insects that help spreading spores?

Shirlain F. Lovell
Shirlain F. Lovell 8 years ago

So beautiful!

Daniel R Hughes
Daniel R Hughes 8 years ago

So fascinating

Daniel Hughes
Daniel Hughes 9 years ago

Awesome mushroom

Red Yui
Red Yui 9 years ago

Pretty cool


teamdiscoverylsms
teamdiscoverylsms 10 years ago

that is amazing. how does it glow?

DiveMUster
DiveMUster 10 years ago

@Francisco. Hi! The cursive letters at the bottom of the picture is my signature ;-)

Francisco Araújo
Francisco Araújo 10 years ago

Hey Dive! Awesome mushroom! Just it makes me a litle suspisius when I see those cursive letters on the bottom. Maybee its just a problem whith my Ipad or your device, but if you saw this in apicture or movie, just deleatit before anyone suspects. So just reamember that here in PN we try to get spots of nature! But dont get me wrong. That pic is SUPERcool!!

JanelleL.Streed
JanelleL.Streed 10 years ago

Wow! Stunning capture, DiveMUster! :-)))

ILoveAnimals
ILoveAnimals 10 years ago

Beautiful! Amazing!

bg11a6
bg11a6 10 years ago

Amazing!

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

magical shot!

HazelMarley
HazelMarley 10 years ago

I agree, staccyh!

staccyh
staccyh 10 years ago

Beautiful photo.

HazelMarley
HazelMarley 10 years ago

Nice glow, there!

the-forest-room1
the-forest-room1 10 years ago

Wow!

brandonryanfig01
brandonryanfig01 11 years ago

This is my favorite picture on project Noah so far

especkha
especkha 11 years ago

it looks bright is that just the photo?

amelieprentice2003
amelieprentice2003 11 years ago

Amazing! How big is it?

Subin S
Subin S 11 years ago

Nice Spotting!!

vasudha548
vasudha548 11 years ago

Glowing light

naturegirl37
naturegirl37 11 years ago

Cool!

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 11 years ago

pretty green light!

Jhan-Curt Fernández
Jhan-Curt Fernández 11 years ago

I want to see one!!!

kotteshiro
kotteshiro 11 years ago

This is from Pandora (Avatar movie)

DiveMUster
Spotted by
DiveMUster

Perak, Malaysia

Spotted on Jun 10, 2009
Submitted on Jun 10, 2011

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