Berly McCoy

Yeah.

Yeah.

One of the most interesting things I picked up was the fact that redback salamanders will bury themselves, sometimes a foot deep in winter, to basically be surrounded by decaying roots to stay warm and wet because the salamanders need the moisture to absorb oxygen through their skin. Yeah, and there's so many adaptations for winter when you really start to look for them.

One of the most interesting things I picked up was the fact that redback salamanders will bury themselves, sometimes a foot deep in winter, to basically be surrounded by decaying roots to stay warm and wet because the salamanders need the moisture to absorb oxygen through their skin. Yeah, and there's so many adaptations for winter when you really start to look for them.

One of the most interesting things I picked up was the fact that redback salamanders will bury themselves, sometimes a foot deep in winter, to basically be surrounded by decaying roots to stay warm and wet because the salamanders need the moisture to absorb oxygen through their skin. Yeah, and there's so many adaptations for winter when you really start to look for them.

Sometimes that looks like a change of location. Sometimes that looks like energy conservations.

Sometimes that looks like a change of location. Sometimes that looks like energy conservations.

Sometimes that looks like a change of location. Sometimes that looks like energy conservations.

Yeah, this was towards the end of the hike. I hear Serenella calling my name in the dark. All people look the same. We don't overlook the stick. The stick with the mushroom.

Yeah, this was towards the end of the hike. I hear Serenella calling my name in the dark. All people look the same. We don't overlook the stick. The stick with the mushroom.

Yeah, this was towards the end of the hike. I hear Serenella calling my name in the dark. All people look the same. We don't overlook the stick. The stick with the mushroom.

That's right. That's right. This is the one Serenella spent the whole hike searching for. It is a honey mushroom. Our final observation of the night. So in the summertime, honey mushrooms produce a green light known as foxfire. They glow in the dark all on their own. No flashlight required. And we call this phenomenon bioluminescence.

That's right. That's right. This is the one Serenella spent the whole hike searching for. It is a honey mushroom. Our final observation of the night. So in the summertime, honey mushrooms produce a green light known as foxfire. They glow in the dark all on their own. No flashlight required. And we call this phenomenon bioluminescence.

That's right. That's right. This is the one Serenella spent the whole hike searching for. It is a honey mushroom. Our final observation of the night. So in the summertime, honey mushrooms produce a green light known as foxfire. They glow in the dark all on their own. No flashlight required. And we call this phenomenon bioluminescence.

Yeah, I had no idea that mushrooms bioluminesce either. Scientists don't entirely know why. But as Serenella explained to me and my husband Duncan, it might be the fungi's way of attracting nocturnal creatures. You know, the glow is basically...

Yeah, I had no idea that mushrooms bioluminesce either. Scientists don't entirely know why. But as Serenella explained to me and my husband Duncan, it might be the fungi's way of attracting nocturnal creatures. You know, the glow is basically...

Yeah, I had no idea that mushrooms bioluminesce either. Scientists don't entirely know why. But as Serenella explained to me and my husband Duncan, it might be the fungi's way of attracting nocturnal creatures. You know, the glow is basically...

Like, you need a knee inside that people walking by say, oh, yummy. Hungry animals, so birds, rodents, and insects, eat the mushrooms and poop it out later, which may help with spore dispersal. But that's not what I saw, Burleigh. No? No. It was winter, and apparently the honey mushrooms will shut down all bioluminescent business. They will not glow at night in wintertime. Bummer.

Like, you need a knee inside that people walking by say, oh, yummy. Hungry animals, so birds, rodents, and insects, eat the mushrooms and poop it out later, which may help with spore dispersal. But that's not what I saw, Burleigh. No? No. It was winter, and apparently the honey mushrooms will shut down all bioluminescent business. They will not glow at night in wintertime. Bummer.

Like, you need a knee inside that people walking by say, oh, yummy. Hungry animals, so birds, rodents, and insects, eat the mushrooms and poop it out later, which may help with spore dispersal. But that's not what I saw, Burleigh. No? No. It was winter, and apparently the honey mushrooms will shut down all bioluminescent business. They will not glow at night in wintertime. Bummer.