A group of researchers in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is developing glowing trees using a parasite-like fungus that infiltrates ...

Credit: Empa/Cover Images Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. Scientists at Empa's ...

Scientists have figured out at least two ways to make plants glow in the dark, delivering a first step – albeit a somewhat ...

Gallen. Getting it to glow all hinged on a parasite known as ringless honey fungus, Desarmillaria tabescens, which produces luciferin. Under the right conditions, this luciferin glows as the ...

project head Francis Schwarze came to discover that the honey fungus turned out to be a particularly powerful producer of luciferin, which gives the ‘shroom its magic glow known as “foxfire.” ...

A team of scientists have created a new kind of wood that glows in the dark thanks to the presence of a fungus that exhibits bioluminescence. It sounds like a building material fresh out of Avatar, ...

The innovative material uses white rot fungus D. tabescens to create a sustainable light source. Honey fungus produces luciferin, which generates a green glow through a chemical reaction with caffeic ...

A team of scientists are looking into ways in which fungi could provide the world with an alternative light source. Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the Empa (Swiss Federal ...