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The Amazon’s Bioluminescent Mushrooms Posted by Rachel on Mar 19, 2009
Brazilian biologist Ricardo Braga-Neto was driving on the highway from Manaus to Porto Velho when he noticed something glowing in the forest. When he stopped his car to inspect the source of the light, he discovered that it was a mushroom. Although there are 64 known species of bioluminescent mushrooms in the world, and the…