Dozens of glow-in-the-dark mushroom species grow around the world. But details on what makes them shine so bright have long been dim. In a new study, scientists say they can finally explain what makes ...

Anna (Norris) Mitchell is a writer, editor, and photographer who loves capturing nature through her camera lens. Panellus stipticus is one of the brightest-glowing bioluminescent mushrooms on Earth.

Nature's hidden spectacle, bioluminescent mushrooms, illuminate forests with an otherworldly glow. These fungi, found in humid environments, serve ecological purposes like spore dispersal. From the ...