What glows at night? A mushroom?!

Check out this mushroom that glows in the dark!  I have never seem a glowing mushroom...have you?  Imaging walking through the forest and seeing thousands of glowing mushrooms!  WAY COOL!

by Jennifer Viegas (Discovery News)

It is called the Bitter Oyster mushroom and can be found in Eastern North America.  How does it glow in the dark?  Scientists are not sure yet.  They do know that oxygen has something to do with it.
QUESTION: This question has two parts.  Part 1.  What is the feeding type of this mushroom? herbivore? carnivore? omnivore? producer? decomposer?
 ( This mushroom is a _________ because it _____.)
Part 2 Why do you think the mushroom glows? (Hint: What does a plant need an animal for?  Animals are attracted to the light. ) Leave me a comment.  Use scientific words because YOU ARE A SCIENTIST!! Use only your color group and initials!




A few animals also glow.  Remember this scorpion we talked about in class?

by Jennifer Viegas (Discovery News)