Field Specimen
Watercolor specimen plate of a pulled-up Mycena chlorophos showing the cap, stem, and pale mycelial threads dangling from the base, with soft green internal glow on the fruiting body
Common
Name
Glowing Cave Fungus
Scientific
Name
Mycena chlorophos
Locality
4°N · 114°E · Deer Cave, Borneo
Habitat
Rotting wood in wet caves, total darkness
Notes
Lifted from rotting wood, threads still hanging. The cap glows for hours. Flies come for it. The fungus is fishing.
Letters from Dr. Finch Vol. I · Card 4