<I>Mycena luxaeterna</I> (Light Eternal) (IMAGE)

San Francisco State University

<I>Mycena luxaeterna</I> (Light Eternal)

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A new luminescent fungus, Mycena luxaeterna discovered by San Francisco State University Professor Dennis Desjardin and Professor Cassius V. Stevani from the University of Sao Paulo has been reported in the journal Mycologia. The species was collected in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was found on sticks in an Atlantic forest habitat. These mushrooms are tiny with each cap measuring less than 8 millimeters in diameter and their stems have a jelly-like texture. The species' name was inspired by Mozart's Requiem.

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Cassius V. Stevani, Chemistry Institute, University of Sao Paulo

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