Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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We made an amazing discovery on our camping trip, glowing wood or Foxfire. A decaying piece of wood too wet to burn was sitting next to the campfire pit. On a moonless night, we could see the wood was glowing. I collected a sample in a ziplock bag and brought it home to photograph. Foxfire is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green glow is attributed to luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light. Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes used in bioluminescence. Another example more familiar to most of us is the firefly luciferase.

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