Mushrooms are fascinating organisms that play a vital role in ecosystems. While some varieties are sought after for th ...

Gallen, Switzerland, is developing glowing trees using a parasite-like fungus that gets inside wood. Research began by studying the ringless honey fungus, which infects trees and damages wood. This ...

"It is always around the 15th October that, seemingly out of nowhere, the honey fungus suddenly appears in the woods. I am always very excited at the sight of a colony, still with closed caps ...

tabescen / Schwarze et al. After testing different bioluminescent mushrooms, project head Francis Schwarze came to discover that the honey fungus turned out to be a particularly powerful producer ...

Mushrooms, with their magical structures, are everywhere. They appear in nature, on green grass outside our homes and in ...

Swiss scientists at Empa have made glow-in-the-dark wood, thanks to a bioluminescent Desarmillaria tabescens honey fungus. In research published on September 12, wood samples were combined with ...

Swiss scientists at Empa have made glow-in-the-dark wood, thanks to a bioluminescent Desarmillaria tabescens honey fungus. In research published on September 12, wood samples were combined with the ...

To achieve the breakthrough, they combined balsa with a bioluminescent fungus. The innovative material uses white rot fungus D. tabescens to create a sustainable light source. Honey fungus produces ...