Wood blocks exposed to air in the dark showing strong bioluminescence ... project head Francis Schwarze came to discover that the honey fungus turned out to be a particularly powerful producer ...
Citizen scientists have helped shed light on a "humungous fungus" that can kill off common plants. The honey fungus often appears at the start of autumn, when honey-coloured toadstools appear on ...
Now, scientists at Empa have managed to induce those conditions to make glow in the dark wood. The most effective combo turned out to be ringless honey fungus (Desarmillaria tabescens) and balsa ...
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 researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. To achieve the breakthrough, they combined balsa with a bioluminescent fungus. The innovative material uses white rot fungus ...