FungiFriday: Luminous Porecap (Favolaschia manipularis)

Since starting the new year 2024, we haven't done any mushroom walks at all. There are so many urgent activities; besides that, there is also the problem of frequent rains in the last few days, causing our town to be flooded. We are a little luckier because our home is a bit higher than the others. Unfortunately, my in-laws' house in a neighboring town was submerged in a flood up to the waist.

In November and December 2023, we took mushroom walks in the woods more often; we did it at least four times a week. That's enough to stock our mushroom stockpile for the next few months.

These photos were taken around mid-November. At that time, there was a mass of luminous porecaps found in the local woods on the outskirts of my town.

These are fantastic mushrooms that are bioluminescent. With such mushroom characteristics, you can freely capture them even in a room with minimal lighting. Yes, it works very well. The results confirm that it makes sense for the fungus to be called the luminous porecap (Favolaschia manipularis).