Where to find firefox mushrooms?

You may have heard of phosphorescent algae and fireflies, but the fire-fox mushroom takes bio-illumination to another level. Standing next to one of these fungi is like being transported to the Avatar planet of Pandora.

These mushrooms are one-of-a-kind, eerily glowing in the dark on moist, rotting bark during late summer months. No-one knows why the fire-fox glows a blueish-green; some say they are the fires of fairies, others believe they are supernatural ‘cold’ fires.

Trek through the tropical forests of Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park, near São Paulo, and you can’t fail to miss their presence.

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