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The Outside Story: Why do some mushrooms glow in the dark?

Bioluminescent mushrooms
Illustration by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol.
October 19, 2023
Mycologists have speculated for centuries about the reasons fungi produce light. Here’s the story of some that do.
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