This Mushroom Glows in the Dark and may be a cure for this...

This video is all about the amazing Jack O' Lantern mushrooms and how and why they might glow. If you already know about this mushroom you might also be surprised and the chemistry of the toxins and how they're being used for medicines in the future.

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[andybankston]

Was harvesting a bunch of chanterelles here in Texas the other day and ran into a couple of large patches of Jacks. If you’re inexperienced I guess you could confuse them, chanterelles rarely grow in large clusters and here in Texas the chanterelles have a very distinct peach / apricot smell to them, have never picked them anywhere else so I don’t know if that’s true for everywhere else. We also have the beautiful and delicious Texanesis Chanterelles which are a beautiful pink / orange / red color. Went back that night to see the Jacks glow, it was very faint but it was there. Mycology is amazing and there’s so much to learn. When I’m foraging / harvesting the feeling I can best describe it as is the feeling you got as a child when it was time to hunt Easter eggs. Love me some deep fried Chicken of the Woods too

[StefanBurns]

What a find! Thanks Rob for continuing to educate everyone on our fungal friends! 🍄

[truethought]

This is what I call real medicine, nature has always been there for the benefit of all life. It is a compliment, Thank You.

[Symirai]

I just love everything that glows in the dark 😃 I never knew there was a mushroom that glowed to. I always heard about the glowing seas 😅

[michael-girard]

Around 25 years ago, I stumbled upon bioluminescent mushrooms, igniting a journey that led me to uncover nine bioluminescent plants and animals, along with a luminous moss, right here in the northeast. It's amazing how much wonder lies hidden in our own backyard.

[MushroomMagpie]

I have seen mycelium glowing blue in disturbed roots in the Canadian boreal. I have no idea what fungus they were from but it was a most subterranean beautiful insect highway.

[melaniereblin]

I love seeing these at my work - we're a nature preserve south of Chicago. They look so pretty and cheery! Funny how people actually expect them to glow brightly... maybe it's the name 😂

[Pollo.Rosado]

Wow, these are incredible! Thanks for shedding "light" on this. While I haven't come across them before, their appearance does remind me of chanterelles yes. However, seeing them in large clusters is a giveaway that they're not edible chanterelles.

[jdf-pg]

I've taken photos of these before. Very, very dim to the eye but pretty amazing in time-lapse photos.

[jodaddyrd]

Ive seen them only in the daytime in the bay area in California. Beautiful mushrooms ❤

[Kelsey]

Thank you for your incredible work and dedication!!

[outdooradventureswithfayde]

Quite the impressive mushroom patch. Fun and interesting video. Enjoyed learning about foxfire and its potential for combating cancer. Have a great weekend!

[odimarbatista]

Very impressed with the chemistry as well as the scientific along with the fungi info. I subscribed.

[pouyapadiav]

Good source of knowledge. Thanks for sharing.

[Veptis]

Bioluminescence is beautiful, it reminds me of the scene in the first Avatar movie.

[dio.mikota]

your channel is incredible, thank you for spreading these beautiful knowledge 🙏🏽

[stephengarrett]

Outstanding! Thank you for your knowledge.

[AJScraps]

Loving the unique mushroom content! Happy October! 🙏 🎃 🍄

[jacoblamarre]

first season learning mushrooms myself found my first Jacks last week they are beautiful didn't take home to see bioluminescence I should have though.

[Katie-qssf]

I came across one at work a few months back. (Western North Carolina) in a landscaped mulch pile that had rotten tree roots sticking out of the ground. It was right in the path employees walk to get to the back entrance but for weeks I was the only one that noticed it! I just let it be to grow until a different manager noticed and destroyed it. 😕 I got off around 12 to 1 am and loved seeing the glow.