New kind of wood glows in the dark thanks to the magic of honey mushrooms

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Researchers have created a new kind of biohybrid wood that glows in the dark. Its green light comes from the addition of the the fungus D. tabescens. Also known as the ringless honey mushroom, the fungus fuels "foxfire," the bioluminescence in decaying wood.

From Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology:

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