Glowing Mushrooms

The things I learn with my children...


Yes, it is true, mushrooms can glow. I was quite shocked to see they were like glowsticks of the fungi variety. In science we are studying light. We were learning about things that are luminescent. Elijah and I just looked at one another and exclaimed, "A mushroom can glow?" I love those neat science moments that blow our minds.


Meet the Jack-O-Lantern Mushroom...





Our research shows that the gills of the mushroom are what lights up. It does so by almost the same process as the firefly does.

A Remy Funny!

Oh goodness this boy!

He runs to me all excited. He runs to me all the day to tell me something or other. Hee hee...

"Mommy, Mommy, babies are like mushroom spores! They start from NOTHING and they turn into a whole BIG something really fast!"

HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Yes, babies are a little like mushroom spores. ;) I feel like I swallowed the mother of all mushroom spores! HA HA!