On Jul 19, 7:30 am, kilgoretrout <dspah... from aol.com> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2:21�pm, "Royden Richardson" <royden.richard... from fairlane->>>>>> am.com> wrote:
> > Tom,
>> > I happened to find some glowing fungus this past weekend while at a camp
> > site approximately 25 miles north of Kingston Ontario. �I couldn't
> > believe my eyes, but I have two witnesses. �I have never encountered
> > this before in all my years of camping, hiking and flying my float plane
> > throughout northern Canada. �When I googled glowing fungus yours was the
> > first hit. �Did you ever find out what the luminescence is about and how
> > it occurs?
>> > Royden
>> > Royden Richardson
>> > Managing Director
>> > FairLane Asset Management
>> > Tel: 416-9751916 �Fax: 416-9751933
>> >www.fairlane-am.com
>> ====================
>> Royden,
>> They call that "foxfire". What species?
>> David- Hide quoted text -
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A natural substance that glows in the dark was called foxfire. There
are a number of fungi that create foxfire. I think Tom Sawyer and Huck
Finn dug a tunnel at night using foxfire. There is a book called "The
Foxfire Book".
David
