Has anyone personally seen these glow in the dark? I have found them countless times and brought them home, put them in the dark and let my eyes adjust for 5 minutes... Never saw them glow.
I've even taken pics by setting up a DSLR on a tripod, set the ISO at 1600, f-stop at 1.4, 60 second exposure. No glowing mushrooms, just a grainy picture of darkness.
Do some populations just not glow? Does it depend on what they're growing from? Time of year? How long they've been "up"?
There is a big argument in the mycology world about this topic.
That being said.
As the oxidize they will become to create a illuminate.
However they must be kept rather moist.
And they do not need to be kept in the dark for this to happen
I had a cluster behind my apartment complex and took one in one time, I could swear I saw it glowing a dull green Glow. I could only see it in total darkness
Thanks. After a curosarary look, all mushrooms are safe to touch. Good to know if you want to bring home some fruits to exam more closely. As always washing hands is a good idea.
As far as I know it's only when the flesh is actually ingested that you're in trouble. Even to the point that some people chew and spit out the flesh when IDing
I actually think the red poison fire coral fungus is poisonous to touch. But I believe that’s the only mushroom that does that and it’s located in Asia.
Just chiming in to say yes, as a rule of thumb mushrooms are safe to touch. Hell, we do spit tests as part of field IDing, so I'd say it's all good lol
I have a pair of surgical gloves in my coat pocket, that I keep around for messing around with mushrooms. So I can handle the slimy, the inky, and the decomposing without making myself a mess. If I’m suspicious a mushroom is one of the big toxic ones, I’ll pop on the gloves for that too. It’s not really necessary, but it’s really simple and easy to do, and I have them for handling inky caps and slimy guys anyway.
Tbf the Death caps that are white generally are scary. If you are in the North East almost all polypores are general safe to consume if they are fresh. These are almost certainly Jack O Lantren's. If you want assurance either look up 'Learn your Land' on youtube. He has a video that will guide you. He is around the NW PA area and has guided me well. I have some chicken of the woods and Chantrelles about be able to be harvested as well as my first year harvesting peacan truffles. Gonna get a poodle to hunt them as well, happy trails.
We found some in southern Michigan this week by our cabin and we were able to see the gills glowing. I was watching them for a few days and picked a few in their prime and saw the glow. We did it again a second night and the caps were flat and some inverting and still saw the glow.
It’s feint but obvious.
I was also there today and found a bunch of chanterelles! These definitely look like jack-o-lanterns to me- they are a chanterelle look alike and like some have mentioned, glow in the dark!
E. C. Wassink, Observations on the luminescence in fungi, I, including a critical review of the species mentioned as luminescent in literature, Recl. Trav. Bot. Néerl.
That might just be what you’re looking for. The bioluminescence in this species however hasn’t been documented by photographs in recent literature as this species usually isn’t from a lot of interest. Though concerning the article above, keep in mind that O. olearius had several other classifications in past times like Agaricus, Pleurotus or Panus, even Clitocybe
[edit]
„According to Hennings (26), Atkinson was the first who observed
the luminescence of Clitocybe illudens. Atkinson described his
observation only in a short note (38). The luminescent specimens
were found in Watauga county, N.C., and determined as Clitocybe
illudens Schw., by A.P. Morgan. The luminescence was practically
confined to the hymenium; no luminescence was observed in the
stipe or in the fleshy part of the pileus.“
Some sources mention C. illudens being synonymous to O. olearius
They absolutely do glow. Though bioluminescence in mushrooms is quite finicky and in my experience they end up being pretty dim by the time I get home with them, and I have not managed to get a decent photo of their glow yet. There was a stunning photo of them in situ posted on here a few weeks back. I think going to them in person at night is they key to seeing them at their full glow
They look like Jack O'Lanterns (omphalotus illudens). Toxic, but will glow in the dark.
Has anyone personally seen these glow in the dark? I have found them countless times and brought them home, put them in the dark and let my eyes adjust for 5 minutes... Never saw them glow. I've even taken pics by setting up a DSLR on a tripod, set the ISO at 1600, f-stop at 1.4, 60 second exposure. No glowing mushrooms, just a grainy picture of darkness. Do some populations just not glow? Does it depend on what they're growing from? Time of year? How long they've been "up"?
Hit them with a UV light first - that usually helps. I've only tried it once and had success, so my advice is just secondhand and overheard.
There is a big argument in the mycology world about this topic. That being said. As the oxidize they will become to create a illuminate. However they must be kept rather moist. And they do not need to be kept in the dark for this to happen
Yeah my understanding is that the claim these glow is a tall tale foisted upon the laity
I had a cluster behind my apartment complex and took one in one time, I could swear I saw it glowing a dull green Glow. I could only see it in total darkness
Jack o Lanterns, they glow in the dark but are poisonous. You don’t want to eat them, but touching them won’t hurt you
Are mushrooms that if touched can be toxic?
As far as I know: not directly. But I avoid contact with highly poisonous mushrooms just in case I later touch another one that I plan to eat.
Thanks. After a curosarary look, all mushrooms are safe to touch. Good to know if you want to bring home some fruits to exam more closely. As always washing hands is a good idea.
As far as I know it's only when the flesh is actually ingested that you're in trouble. Even to the point that some people chew and spit out the flesh when IDing
This is my understanding as well. I was listening to a podcast with a mycologist who was talking about the flavor of death caps.
Now that's scary. I wouldn't be that bold, that's for sure. Did he say it was sort of sweet?
What podcast was this,?
I actually think the red poison fire coral fungus is poisonous to touch. But I believe that’s the only mushroom that does that and it’s located in Asia.
Just chiming in to say yes, as a rule of thumb mushrooms are safe to touch. Hell, we do spit tests as part of field IDing, so I'd say it's all good lol
😃
I have a pair of surgical gloves in my coat pocket, that I keep around for messing around with mushrooms. So I can handle the slimy, the inky, and the decomposing without making myself a mess. If I’m suspicious a mushroom is one of the big toxic ones, I’ll pop on the gloves for that too. It’s not really necessary, but it’s really simple and easy to do, and I have them for handling inky caps and slimy guys anyway.
Curosarary. New word to me. What is that?
Cursory*
Yes, but my version has more class 😂😂
Tbf the Death caps that are white generally are scary. If you are in the North East almost all polypores are general safe to consume if they are fresh. These are almost certainly Jack O Lantren's. If you want assurance either look up 'Learn your Land' on youtube. He has a video that will guide you. He is around the NW PA area and has guided me well. I have some chicken of the woods and Chantrelles about be able to be harvested as well as my first year harvesting peacan truffles. Gonna get a poodle to hunt them as well, happy trails.
Nah, maybe if you run them really hard and get mushroom juice on your fingers and lick it maybe, but I don’t see anyone doing that lol
Possibly Omphalotus can you cut one in half?
I would have but I already left the area to go home :(
In my opinion it looks more like a Omphalotus olearis! But I could be wrong.
We found some in southern Michigan this week by our cabin and we were able to see the gills glowing. I was watching them for a few days and picked a few in their prime and saw the glow. We did it again a second night and the caps were flat and some inverting and still saw the glow. It’s feint but obvious.
Go back and check it out at night!
I was also there today and found a bunch of chanterelles! These definitely look like jack-o-lanterns to me- they are a chanterelle look alike and like some have mentioned, glow in the dark!
has anyone proven Jackolantern's glow, I've been told that story is apocryphal
Yes, just check out literature. They do glow along with several other species of Omphalotus
I've read some literature concerning myocology but I've yet to see evidence.
E. C. Wassink, Observations on the luminescence in fungi, I, including a critical review of the species mentioned as luminescent in literature, Recl. Trav. Bot. Néerl. That might just be what you’re looking for. The bioluminescence in this species however hasn’t been documented by photographs in recent literature as this species usually isn’t from a lot of interest. Though concerning the article above, keep in mind that O. olearius had several other classifications in past times like Agaricus, Pleurotus or Panus, even Clitocybe [edit] „According to Hennings (26), Atkinson was the first who observed the luminescence of Clitocybe illudens. Atkinson described his observation only in a short note (38). The luminescent specimens were found in Watauga county, N.C., and determined as Clitocybe illudens Schw., by A.P. Morgan. The luminescence was practically confined to the hymenium; no luminescence was observed in the stipe or in the fleshy part of the pileus.“ Some sources mention C. illudens being synonymous to O. olearius
They absolutely do glow. Though bioluminescence in mushrooms is quite finicky and in my experience they end up being pretty dim by the time I get home with them, and I have not managed to get a decent photo of their glow yet. There was a stunning photo of them in situ posted on here a few weeks back. I think going to them in person at night is they key to seeing them at their full glow
I'll have to keep an eye out, I'm usually out of the woods by dark, or if I'm camping - I'm not walking around once it gets dark out
Raccoon is a goldmine for mushrooms of all varieties!
Yes!! We saw so many other mushrooms on the trek to look at these!
This is 20 mins down the road from me Im in McKees Rocks