Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Curr Biol. 2015 Mar 30;25(7):R283-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.004.
A recent study shows that green light emission by Neonothopanus gardneri mushrooms, endemic to coconut forests of Northern Brazil, is controlled by a circadian clock. Furthermore, insects are attracted by the light, raising the possibility that bioluminescence functions in spore dispersal and fungal dissemination.
最近的一项研究表明,原产于巴西北部椰子林的 Neonothopanus gardneri 蘑菇发出绿光受生物钟控制。此外,昆虫会被这种光吸引,这增加了生物发光在孢子传播和真菌传播中发挥作用的可能性。