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Roridomycesphyllostachydis: A New Species of Bioluminescent Mushrooms

  • A mushroom documentation project in the forests of Northeast India led to a new discovery: a bioluminescentor light emitting variety of mushroom.
  • The new species named Roridomycesphyllostachydis was first sighted in August in Meghalaya's Mawlynnong in East Khasi Hills district and later at Krang Shuri in West Jaintia Hills district.
  • It is now one among the 97 known species of bioluminescent fungi in the world.
  • This species of fungi grows only on dead bamboo.
  • The luminescence of the fungi comes from its enzyme luciferase. When the luciferians of the fungi catalysed by the enzyme ....
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