tiabunna's photos with the keyword: Ghost Fungus

Best viewed on black. I recently posted what I identified as a Ghost Fungus and commented that I hoped to find a closer example to photograph it glowing at night. I've now been fortunate to find these, one PiP showing a close-up and the other in daylight. As with auroras, the camera seems to pick out the colour more intensely than does the eye, though they are quite visible glowing in the night.

Walking in the Murramarang National Park, I was fascinated by these fungi (up to about 15cm across - see second image in PiP). After spending some time working to identify them, I'm fairly sure they are Ghost Fungus (Omphalotus nidiformis) which glows in the dark (see this link). Unfortunately they're a bit far for a night walk, so I must look for some closer examples to get a shot of them glowing.