Foxfire, also called fairy fire and chimpanzee fire, is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green...

This glossary of mycology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to mycology, the study of fungi. Terms in common with other fields, if...

old. Some species of Armillaria display bioluminescence, resulting in foxfire. Armillaria can be a destructive forest pathogen. It causes "white rot"...

mycelium of Armillaria ostoyae can display bioluminescence, resulting in foxfire. Armillaria ostoyae grows and spreads primarily underground, such that...

Over 58 species are known to be bioluminescent, creating a glow known as foxfire. These species are divided among 16 lineages, leading to evolutionary uncertainty...

allele. The luminescent glow of this and other fungi inspired the term foxfire, coined by early settlers in eastern and southern North America. Modern...

can be bioluminescent, and is one of the several causative species of foxfire. List of bioluminescent fungi Rexer K-H. (1994). Die Gattung Mycena s.l...