Nuclear firewood ???

[EoinG]

Hi all.When I got up this morning in the dark i was met by a magical glow in my sitting room,my wood stack behind my stove was glowing in the dark. I was amazed and was convinced I was onto a winner, but like every great discovery or invention it was crushed by a quick "google search". It turns out the illumination is cause by a fungi and commonly refered to as foxfire. I tried to take a photo to share but my camera was unable to capture it. If anyone has any photos please share.

[Steve Bullman]

quite a few on google images

 

[EoinG]

Nice images Steve but the illumination was in the grain of the timber not the fruiting bodies.

[Peasgood]

I thought you was going to say it was on fire!

[Boy English]

I regularly used to reel in glowing seaweed when night fishing on the beech, confused me until I google'd it

[Steve Bullman]

can't find any on wood

[nepia]

Nice images Steve but the illumination was in the grain of the timber not the fruiting bodies.

 

The mycelium of Honey Fungus I would suggest.

[sloth]

The mycelium of Honey Fungus I would suggest.

 

My thoughts too. I think I read somewhere that jars full of the bootlace rhizomorphs of Armillaria were used as a light source in the trenches during WW1. Not sure if my memory is correct however!

[s.varty]

I to had a strange glow coming from my logs last year, funnily enough they had all disappeared by morning????

[ArthurBottlesworth]

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