Fake mushroom experiment reveals why some fungi glow in the dark

Why some mushrooms are bioluminescent stays unsure, however a examine utilizing LED lights provides to the proof they entice bugs that assist the fungus disperse its spores

By Michael Le Page

Why do some mushrooms glow at midnight? A examine involving actual bioluminescent mushrooms and faux ones with LED lights has added to the proof that the sunshine attracts bugs similar to flies.

“The light serves to attract potential spore dispersers,” says Catherine Adams on the University of California, Berkeley. These animals in all probability eat a few of the spores, she says, however as mushrooms produce billions of spores, they’ll sacrifice some to assist unfold others extra extensively.

Very few research have ever to tried to …