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Glowing mushrooms found at Botanical Gardens in Xishuangbanna
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ArticleSource: China Daily
Update time: 2021-08-31
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Have you ever seen mushrooms that glow like fireflies? Come and check them out at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG)  of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Yunnan province! They look ordinary during day, but come nightfall, they become luminous, attracting streams of visitors and shutterbugs.

 

Looking ordinary during the daytime, these mushrooms glow like fireflies at night.(In XTBG, by YANG Yun)

 

Looking ordinary during the daytime, these mushrooms glow like fireflies at night. (In XTBG, by YANG Yun)

 

Looking ordinary during the daytime, these mushrooms glow like fireflies at night. (In XTBG, by YANG Yun)

 

Looking ordinary during the daytime, these mushrooms glow like fireflies at night.

Photos taken at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens in Yunnan province. [Photos by Yang Yun/For govt.chinadaily.com.cn]

 

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