Luminarius Aurelia, named for its golden light, is a rare bioluminescent fungus native to tropical forest floors. It forms dense, multi-tiered clusters with convex caps up to 15 cm, featuring semi-translucent grayish surfaces with orange to golden warty tubercles. The closely spaced gills emit a warm amber glow from luciferin-luciferase activity (470-530 nm), visible as blue-green to yellow light, likely attracting spore dispersers. Robust, granular-textured stipes match cap pigmentation. Thriving in humid substrates at 5-25°C, L. Aurelia decomposes organic matter, aiding nutrient cycling. Classified in the Agaricales order, cluster 'Luminorialis Aurorae,' it disperses spores via wind and biotic vectors. Its extensive subterranean mycelium stabilizes the forest ecosystem.
Name
BIOME LUMINA #90/1000
Owner
0xC3C221aB225ef8c7d83377Ccc513c8284DBB4d86
ID#90
Rarity
MID:39%
MUSEUM
DATALAND
X-LO:MIN
YEAR
2025
X-LO:MIN
COLLECTION
DATALAND FOUNDING COLLECTION
X-LO:MIN
SPECIES NAME
LUMINARIUS AURELIA
EX:MAX
CLUSTER
LUMINORIALIS AURORAE