How a mushroom gets its glow
Biologists are working out the steps to fungal bioluminescence
![Neonothopanus gardneri mushroom](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/042617_SM_glowing-mushrooms_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
MUSHROOM AFTER DARK A naturally bioluminescent mushroom (Neonothopanus gardneri from Brazil’s palm forests shown) has a usefully easy-going enzyme that might inspire new glow-in-the-dark labels.
C.V. Stevani/IQ-USP, Brazil