Gerronema viridilucens

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Gerronema viridilucens is a species of agaric fungus in the family Porotheleaceae. Found in South America, the mycelium and fruit bodies of the fungus are bioluminescent.

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Desjardin DE, Capelari M, Stevani CV |year=2005 |title=A new bioluminescent agaric from São Paulo, Brazil |journal=Fungal Diversity |volume=18 |issue=9 |pages=9–14 |url=http://www.fungaldiversity.org/fdp/sfdp/18-2.pdf |format=PDF}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Desjardin DE, Oliveira AG, Stevani CV |year=2008 |title=Fungi bioluminescence revisited |journal=Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=170–82 |doi=10.1039/b713328f |pmid=18264584|citeseerx=10.1.1.1033.2156 }}

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