Luminiflorus Aureatus, named for its golden light-emitting flower-like form, is a bioluminescent fungus with a fleshy fruiting body up to 15 cm tall. It features a luminescent yellow-orange central stipe and translucent caps with bluish-white, fuzzy-edged gill-like lamellae adapted for effective wind-driven spore dispersal. Emitting blue-green light (450-495 nm) via a luciferin-luciferase system in the hymenium and stipe rind, it glows nocturnally to attract dispersal vectors. Native to tropical forest floors, it decomposes lignocellulosic substrates in humid, shaded 10-20°C environments. Taxonomically in the Luminorialis Aurorae cluster, it plays a saprotrophic ecological roles, enzymatically degrading organic matter and facilitating nutrient cycling. Vulnerable due to habitat loss, conservation is imperative.
Name
BIOME LUMINA #191/1000
Owner
0xF3dF7D0E26612B06606320a4eBe43DF57D6B76EB
ID#191
Rarity
MID:48%
MUSEUM
DATALAND
X-LO:MIN
YEAR
2025
X-LO:MIN
COLLECTION
DATALAND FOUNDING COLLECTION
X-LO:MIN
SPECIES NAME
LUMINIFLORUS AUREATUS
EX:MAX
CLUSTER
LUMINORIALIS AURORAE