Watch: No one knows why mushrooms in northern Brazil glow at night-so researchers are using LED-lit mushrooms to mimic nature and to find out.

@madeleinebaier5347

9 жыл бұрын

What an amazing world we live in.

@MarkSchuurman

9 жыл бұрын

I would almost wonder whether these are poisonous ;)

@madeleinebaier5347

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Schuurman me too!

@ToddWright2

9 жыл бұрын

I love fungi, and bioluminescence! What an awe inspiring little video clip. Nature never ceases to delight and amaze. If ALL the diversity in nature is not worth preserving, then what could possibly be?

@madeleinebaier5347

9 жыл бұрын

Todd Wright All of it is worth preserving, down to the last bit of kudzu!

I'm assuming they evolved to glow so that insects will be drawn to them, walk all over the spores underneath the mushrooms then go hide in environments where those spores thrive in.

@maria50miranda

8 жыл бұрын

+Mantis Life My thoughts precisely. Thank you.

@alwayschanging5821

7 жыл бұрын

yup. a form of pollination. some plants use bees, some use flies, these use a variety insects attracted to lights

@Fireglo

5 жыл бұрын

Nuuuuu God did it! -_-

@dr.apollo4226

4 жыл бұрын

@LagiNaLangAko23 lol

@curlyhairdudeify

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, or the insect dies naturally providing nutrients to sprouting spores.

Someone should build a garden or theme park just filled with all kinds of bioluminescent plants and animals - I bet people from all over the world would want to see it

@helldronez

Жыл бұрын

good idea, imagine how many money that can make. especially if you have photo booth and influencer, that place would be crowded af

@Teesquared00

4 ай бұрын

I love this idea, but unfortunately most organisms which are bioluminescent are either scary or alien looking sea creatures, fungi and insects. I'd still go but it would probably require a strong stomach 😅

now try to modify the gene and create mutated grass with this , imagine the entire Savannah are glowing , that would be hillarious lol

@TheMarcymark

3 жыл бұрын

They already have bioluminescencing cats and rats, we have that technology already

@fi-losopher

3 жыл бұрын

That's interesting🤔🤔 however I can't help but think about the consequences....

@someone-gg8pz

3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly how humans started to destroy nature's beauty in pursuit of more beautiful our imagination has left the world with low no of different species of flora and fauna

@TheBull06

3 жыл бұрын

How would that be hilarious, you have a strange sense of humor. I didn't laugh at all 😐

@billythemillipede6102

3 жыл бұрын

Omg they did make a glowing plant

Now I feel like playing Skyrim and going to look for ingredients lel

@kimminer8156

4 жыл бұрын

same

@aceman0000099

3 жыл бұрын

Why not go outside and do it in real life

@IvySnowFillyVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Let's go.......

@PotatoFart799

3 жыл бұрын

Lel

We used to see super lots of these bioluminescent mashrooms in my hometown in the Philippines but after the 1990s, they just stopped appearing... 😢

@ProximaCentauri88

3 жыл бұрын

@Tonni Sarkar I hope I can still find one.

@miguelacaba2754

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen one of these too 💕

@lumpyspace3045

3 жыл бұрын

Really?

@kiloSilverBviewssecondago

3 жыл бұрын

Who is from the Philippines?

@lewcy

3 жыл бұрын

synthesize, patent, and resell

I worked at a greenhouse and frequently saw amazing cultures with profound colors and unique unidentifiable and purple is all I could describe now. Really cool memories though.

All right, so people are trying to conquer the space and yet they don’t know why the mushrooms are luminous. Just amazing.

@ananya.a04

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. We know so less about our own planet, and yet we humans always try to run before we can crawl.

@brunomello4964

2 жыл бұрын

I think human being knows more of space than our own planet

@amishgamer9780

2 жыл бұрын

we know almost nothing of the ocean as well

@alexm7023

Жыл бұрын

believe it or now, it's easier to get into space than the deepest part of ocean or planet. Aside from gravity, there's nothing stop you from going to space, but miles of water and earth block you from accessing the center of the planet

It makes me feel like I'm in Pandora 😱💕

Plot twist: those mushrooms are RadioActive.

In India there are few bioluminescent forest in Western ghat area in Goa.

now in 2020, i understand what mushrooms can do for us and why they want to be found, even in the dark ;)

Such a beautiful mystery!

@Love-jf7rs

3 жыл бұрын

Very creative God!

I would like these as a night light please

Incredible. Stay with it

New species of glowing mushrooms were discovered in the state of Meghalaya in India where I live last year

@shrivanth6774

Жыл бұрын

Exactly where

Wah I didn't know mushrooms can do that. They remind me so much of Blackreach

Bioluminescense mushrooms here in the philippines are small. And its light at night is yellow. Here in the philippines there is only one native bioluminescene that I know of but it is interesting if you see it at night

a step to the Pandora!

@leticiasprotte5647

7 жыл бұрын

500night If you knew all the 'magic' flora of Amazônia, you would think that's were Pandora is :)

Olha lá, os cara tão no Brasil!

I just ordered an LC of panellus stipticus. Gonna make my front and backyard look awesome with them

Amazing!

When I was a child...me and my friends search the Phosphor Mushroom in the river side It's very much....and when the night it's so lighting..but now...it gone.....what tragedy

@pokeitwithastick7869

Жыл бұрын

where at what country/town

@ongargovictoriachannel193

Жыл бұрын

In Tropic Forest Indonesia...it's very huge last time

@helldronez

Жыл бұрын

dimana bro? kalimantan kah?

Could it be to spread their spores or something like that.

@alwayschanging5821

7 жыл бұрын

pollination yes

@abbycrisma

4 жыл бұрын

@@alwayschanging5821 spores exactly

@christopherstein2024

3 жыл бұрын

Fungi don't use pollinators as far as I know. I don't why but it probably just isn't necessary.

fascinating! the elegance and ingenuity of nature never ceases to inspire and fascinate me

@arsenal2death

4 жыл бұрын

Thats god👍🏻

I LOVE Looking at These Glowing Fungi and Glowing Toadstools

Everyone: Why are these mushrooms glowing? Paul Stamets: This is the way

@nordicfalcon

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment 🤣 Paul Stamets is a living legend.

It looks so cool though..

basic detoxifying processes that happen in the cells and some of the antioxidants as they break down give off light trades are added to dna to gain additional functions

Fascinating biological structure.

Now that is cool

Wow!

I Love The Way They Just Try To Make Everything Into A Mathematical Problem When In Actuality Magic Ia All Around Us 🤜🏾✅

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Oh my Metro series in real life.

Wow we think this is amazing to

Nice ☺️

Glowing mushrooms!!

They attract the insects to spread the spores. or to even eat the spores only to release them later somewhere else. Instead of using wind.

i think nature is magical. if human didn’t polute the environment, our earth could have been like Pandora from Avatar (2009), everything would be sparkling at night

@GuyChooo

11 ай бұрын

Not as much as pandora but we'll see few of these majestic things.

Красиво ...

1:37: "É a cobra?" hahaha

I use to put the glow wooden sticks and roots you find on the forest floor in glass jars And use them for all night light outside of my tent.

@catastrophe2155

2 жыл бұрын

Where do you find it?

@bethymears2648

2 жыл бұрын

@@catastrophe2155 On the side of the oval, Way up the back.

The Metro game series brought me here.

there are usually insects and insect damage on the mushrooms around here and they aren't bioluminescent

the background music is cute. where is it from?

What kind of benefits did mushroom got from the insects after they are attracted and step down in the mushroom?

cool

It's found in India as well...in the states of Arunachal Pradesh and meghalaya

Lamp made by mother nature

Due to the presence of luciferase in some fungi like Mycena, Armillaria.. luciferase is an oxidative enzyme, it reacts with luciferin and emits light, it's not well known if the presence of luciferase is related to evolution or not, but it does has some advantages like as a warning to hungry animals or to attract insects for spore dispersal

Really natures wonderful creation...avatar movie plants

I like the fact.Terraria glowing mushrooms

They should call Paul Stamets.

Who is the composer of the backgroind music? Nane? Album if any? Ty.

Its about time for an update video right?

okay etho i see you.

Is the paper for this experiment published??

1:36 É A COBRA????

I'm thinking the attraction of insects brings with it trace elements the fungi would not otherwise receive.

@HansWaldenmaier

7 жыл бұрын

How, by insect poop? Maybe... insect poop he he

it also could be the insects are only attracted by a combination of light and smell?

@HansWaldenmaier

7 жыл бұрын

There are a few hypotheses floating around out there... but smell could be a major player. The glue traps lacked the natural mushroom smell to try and address this smell v. light issue... I really need to write up that article... ha ha

A mushroom walks into bar Bartender says “get out of here. We don’t serve your kind” Mushroom says “what?… am a fun guy

I saw this on facebook and come here yo search it 😂

At night my Catnip was Eaten by Snails. (Hanging Plant) Wonder if plant puts out Color Snails See or it's the Scent?

what's fire's purpose of being bright? Might be the same for mushrooms.

I think this is pretty simple. They evolved and this bioluminescence gave them an advantage because it attracted more insects which then get the spores on them then the insects spread them afterwards so more of these mushrooms will be produced, etc. I think they're overthinking it.

@martinmartinez3860

2 жыл бұрын

ok buddy

Isnt this Pandora-esque? 😛😍

God really said lets give this mushroom light, like dude why didn't you give me a light in the forehead instead that would be so much more useful

My 7yr. old granddaughter had a question, Are the bio mushrooms poisonous? Great video thanks👍👏

@bora9491

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they are

@jacobgibson4723

2 жыл бұрын

There is a strain that isn't too hard to cultivate($20 spores sold online) called "Panellus stipticus". It is not something you want to eat due to bitter taste, but it is non-toxic in small quantities.

Where is it? WHERE'S THE TRUFFLE WORM??

these are found in india too ...goa

I’m here because of Ballonlea and Glimwood Tangle from Pokémon Sword and Shield.

It could be to introduce some new micro organisms to help in the decomposition process🤔🤔🤔

@albertparish1729

2 жыл бұрын

im no expert so dont take this as fact but i doubt it. living organisms adapt to have traits that help them survive or reproduce. decomposition is an important process for the environment surrounding the organism but not at all for itself as usually the organism is already dead by the time decomposition starts and if the process starts while it's still alive, it brings on the organism's death.

Etho sent me

these are jaco lantern mushrooms ?

So beautiful... How can people just be so mindless to pollute the air and the rain... People really should care and not be lazy... It's amazing how these bioluminescent plants and creatures look and communicate... So please stop polluting....do you really wanna damage these phenomenons?

@f7744dread388

8 жыл бұрын

+Sarah tennant Sadly most people are apathetic about it, and the rest claim to care but they don't do anything and are just huge hypocrites.

@skengasaurus

7 жыл бұрын

Can I ask what both of your daily conservation efforts entail?

@Mark-jm8ug

5 жыл бұрын

Mushrooms aren't plants

there is paint like this 2 :)

Where can I buy the spores so I can conduct my own long term testing?

@moringalife9754

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I found a very rare/new bioluminescent species...no positive ID on it after posting into mycology groups on fb as yet. But it looks really amazing...I am willing to sell some spores.

Where is this forest

Is it not simple? When an insect bite or lands on glowing mushroom it gets soaked with spores, which it then transfers onto the next mushroom. Because insects use the light of the stars it, glowing in the dark helps mushroom to attract insects without developing any sweet sugary essence.

@methylene5

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's simple. No mystery there but government grant money is available, apparently.

I take it.

I seen flying mushrooms that glow at night. Its just like firefly. When I caught them they "died".

@HansWaldenmaier

7 жыл бұрын

Is this a metaphor or literal? Cuz, I have seen glowing mushrooms in the tree canopy. Maybe it fell and hence only appeared to be flying...

@MR-kd9he

7 жыл бұрын

I was lost in the jungle then. At night, I seen a small group of mushroom flew in very slow motion- so slow that I could catch them. They flew from one end of the place to the other end. They were not fallen from the trees.

Is it just me or Nat Geo has a thing for mushrooms now (I won't judge)

What are these mushrooms called?

Isn't its like moth attracted to lights ?

Who's with me now dahil nakakita ako ngayun ng glowing mushroom!

Their going to find out what insects like glue. :\

@HansWaldenmaier

7 жыл бұрын

Kinda... some glue traps have green light on, some have green light off. So if there is a difference an insect species found in greater number on the traps with the light vs. the traps without the light (and statistics say it is significant) then you can "kinda" say that they are attracted to the light. But as for insects that are found in about equal numbers on both traps, yeah those insects like glue most likely.

@necessaryevil455

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, you sound like a very smart guy but, I meant glue as in sniffing glue like to get high. I was making a joke.

@christopherstein2024

3 жыл бұрын

@@necessaryevil455 bruh I was thinking you were making criticism too

Hope some mushrooms survived the burning

I Love Looking at These Glowing Fungi. When I See Them in Cartoons. Like in The Episode of Oggy and The Cockroaches. The Episode of Oggy and The Cockroaches is Called "Oggy and Joey in Underground" and a Poppy Playtime Animation Video is Gametoons. The Poppy Playtime Animation Video is Called "THE PROTOTYPE vs. MOMMY LONG LEGS: REMATCH - (Poppy Playtime Animation)"

I hope they are edible, because they look delicious.

I came to this vid after playing Metro Exodus. 😉

I bet there are bioluminescent aliens which is where we get the stereotypical caricature from.

maybe their role was to spread the fungi all throughout the forest

yeah, it's a nice hypothesis, but: insects can't really improve mushroom spore dispersal as it's meant to happens anyway, first-handedly by the wind. Glowing can't give much of an advantage because fungi that do not glow seems to get their spores aruond quite effectively anyway, with or without the help of insects.

@irabartkiv858

7 жыл бұрын

maybe the spores germinate inside the insect? like that fungus that turns ants into a zombies

@mustvalge7705

7 жыл бұрын

maybe these fungi are from other planets and different ecosystems, That's why this glowing ability makes no sense in Earth's ecosystem. Brought here by aliens who took a shit in bushes during flyby, accidentally dispersing alien mushroom spores.

@goodsir2551

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah and maybe you also need to take your meds. And keep your tinfoil hat on and stop making up stupid irrational pseudoscientific bullshit stories to explain something you don't understand.

@mustvalge7705

7 жыл бұрын

so u are this alien who took that shit in bushes and spread those fungi? Or why else would you be so angry about it? Mr. UNKNOWN alien shitfungus spreder.

If you eat them, they recharge your batteries.

Can we trip on these

@HansWaldenmaier

7 жыл бұрын

Probably not... Rumor has it that these won't kill you if you eat them, BUT, if you eat this species it will likely feel like you are having a heart attack and you will have bad Diarrhea... needless to say you will probably end up in the hospital. I do not recommend putting these mushrooms in your mouth.

Or may be they are radioactive like as banana peel and brazil nut

Also found in Western ghats , INDIA

Using glue? Poor bugs :/

Imagine if humans had bioluminescence

@TruthNerds

4 жыл бұрын

We actually do, it's just incredibly faint. It can be picked up by a sensitive camera and very long exposure, though. EDIT: Obviously only in an almost totally dark room because otherwise everything will be overexposed.

@albertparish1729

2 жыл бұрын

@@TruthNerds bioluminescence imaging has medical advantages as well