Luminaria Fantastica is a bioluminescent fungus from tropical rainforest canopies with semi-resupinate fruiting bodies featuring wavy, lobed caps merging in bright orange to pale blue gradients, with veined and spotted hymenial patterns. The smooth cap surface has coral-like folds; gills are reduced or absent, replaced by a porous, labyrinthine spore-bearing surface. Stipes are short or absent, fruiting bodies 10-25 cm tall, ≤15 g. Its blue-green (450-495 nm) bioluminescence from luciferin-luciferase in hymenial tissue attracts nocturnal spore dispersers. Saprotrophic on decaying hardwood at 15-25°C, it aids nutrient cycling. Belonging to the Irido Myco cluster near Agaricales, spores disperse via wind from elevated porous surfaces. Extensive mycelium degrades lignin. Currently near threatened, it is vital to tropical microecosystems.
Name
BIOME LUMINA #925/1000
Owner
0x27B6C0505BEEA65A1dAf80c84bd925Ed2F06E3c6
ID#925
Rarity
MID:48%
MUSEUM
DATALAND
X-LO:MIN
YEAR
2025
X-LO:MIN
COLLECTION
DATALAND FOUNDING COLLECTION
X-LO:MIN
SPECIES NAME
LUMINARIA FANTASTICA
EX:MAX
CLUSTER
IRIDO MYCO