Recently, on amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, a "green light mushroom" that emits a pale green light has ushered in a viewing period.
This "green light mushroom" that emits a pale green light is called the "spirit of the forest", in fact, it is called "fluorescent mushroom (xùn)", also known as: moon night mushroom, fluorescent mushroom, ghost mushroom. It is about 2 to 3 cm tall and grows on trees such as chestnut trees with high temperatures and decay. Legend has it that the ancient Greeks used fluorescent mushrooms as a night lamp.
The "green light mushroom" has a short life cycle, only a short period of 3 days, and the surrounding growth environment is extremely demanding, and must be absolutely clean and pollution-free, so it is often regarded as an "environmental indicator species".
There are more than 70 species of known "green light mushrooms" distributed in various continents of the world such as Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. As early as 1840, the British botanist George Gardner was in Brazil when he saw children holding something that looked like giant fireflies.
The "green light mushroom" is pale brown during the day and does not glow until the evening, when the luminescent substance in the body emits a psychedelic wonderful green light from the hanging bell-shaped fungus cover to the stalk under the action of enzymes. Every year after May, it is the best time to see it.
Biofluorescent fungi have been in the spotlight for centuries. The researchers believe that fluorescent fungi emit light in the same way as fireflies, fluorescen through a mixture of fluorescein compounds and luciferase chemicals. The researchers also found that the brightness and durability of the "green light mushroom" are limited by the ambient temperature and moisture, but also due to changes in their own nutritional conditions and aging status. The reason why the "green light mushroom" is to emit light is to attract specific insects to help them spread their spores.
It is also said that under the seemingly beautiful appearance of this "green light mushroom" that can emit a pale green light, there is indeed a huge crisis hidden, which is a very toxic mushroom. I don't know what everyone thinks about Japanese green light mushrooms? Feel free to post your views in the comments section. (Image from the Internet)