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Title: The effect of adding simple nutrients (vitamins and minerals) to the growth media on the intensity of fungi’s bioluminescence.
Subject: Botany Grade level: Middle School - Grades 7-9 Academic Level: Ordinary Project Type: Experimental Cost: Medium Awards: 2nd Place at Algoma Regional Rotary Science Fair Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair Description: Assessing the potential for the bioluminescent fungi Armillaria mellea and Armillaria ostoyae to become a significant source of light energy. Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2004/gree4n0/public_html/ |
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Some species of fungi Armillaria are bioluminescent and may be responsible for the phenomena known as foxfire and perhaps will o' the wisp. Foxfire is the term for the bioluminescence created in the right conditions by a few species of fungi that decay wood. The luminescence is often attributed to members of the genus Armillaria, the Honey mushroom, though others are reported, and as many as 40 individual species have been identified. On the suggestion of Benjamin Franklin it was used for light in the Turtle, an early submarine. In the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the characters of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer use foxfire as a source of light in order to dig a tunnel. For More Information: Source: Wikipedia (All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License) |
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