A mushroom documentation project in the forests of Northeast India has led to a new discovery: a bioluminescent — or light emitting — variety of mushroom.
About:
The new species — named Roridomyces phyllostachydis — was first sighted on a wet August night near a stream 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.
Significance:
The new species was important because it was the first mushroom in the Roridomyces genus to be found in India.
it was the only member in its genus to have light emitting from its stipe or stalk.
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