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    RoboBagins: Have they called Gatorade yet? I'm sure they'd love to get their hands on this stuff. more »
    Meirelle: Well, you know, in Metal Gear Solid 3, Snake says the glowy shrooms can recharge your batteries. Snake never lies. more »
    Gann: The green ones are a 1-up, right? more »
    YourTechSupport: I can only wait for this to appear in an episode of Stargate. A universe where biohazard protocols don't exist, and frontline teams practically lick a... more »
    acispades: if i eat these will i become like the hulk? oh man would my vomit glow? I would totally end my 6 year non-vomiting streak if it'd just glow! more »
    cmg: ah, so these are the 'shrooms i should eat in order to appreciate the trashbag art! more »
  • #magicmushrooms

    Glow-in-the-Dark Mushrooms Shed Light on Luminescence

    These mushrooms may not have any hallucinogenic properties, but they are psychedelic in their own right, emitting a yellow-green glow in the darkness. Seven new species of luminescent mushrooms give fungal enthusiasts new insight into mushrooms' glowing evolution. More »
  • #megabiochemistry

    Don't Eat the Glowing Mushrooms

    You might already know about the glowing mushrooms of Japan. Every spring, the rains cause bioluminescent fungi to peep out from tree trunks and forest floors. For years scientists believed that these rare mushrooms grew nowhere else in the world. But now the glowers turn out to thrive in the forests of Brazil, too. Four new species like these, pictured, have been discovered there since 2002. More »
  • #conceptart

    The Gray Caps Will Take Over the World with Their Mushroom Brain Implants

    John Coulthart has just posted his cover design for the re-release of Jeff VanderMeer's novel, Shriek: An Afterword. This is the cover image, by Ben Templesmith — it shows a mysterious "gray cap," one of an oppressed underground people who have this bizarre mushroom tech that will allow them to take over a city. You can see the full glory of Coulthart's book cover below. More »