Articles for tag: bioluminescent mushrooms, fungal biology, glowing fungi, Oregon forests

a group of mushrooms growing in the forest

The Secret Life of Bioluminescent Mushrooms in Oregon

Suhail Ahmed

  On damp autumn nights, Oregon’s forests hold a quiet spectacle that most hikers never see: wood that appears to breathe a soft, green light. The glow is not magic, and it is not the work of fireflies – it’s living chemistry from fungal networks threading through stumps and soil. Researchers are racing to understand ...

brown mushroom on focus photography

The Forest That Glows at Night

Suhail Ahmed

Step into a tropical forest after sunset and the world rewrites itself in green. Trails flash faintly, roots hum with a soft halo, and mushrooms sketch ghostly rings along fallen logs like secret signage. For decades, researchers described this glow as a curiosity; now it’s a living signal, revealing how forests breathe, feed, and communicate ...