Foxfire
Fungal bioluminescence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the glow of certain forest fungi. For other uses, see Foxfire (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Firefox.
Foxfire, also called fairy fire and chimpanzee fire,[1] is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green glow is attributed to a luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with a luciferin. The phenomenon has been known since ancient times, with its source determined in 1823.