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• Bioluminescent fungi emit a greenish light with a maximum intensity at 520 -530 nm. • Some luminescent fungi, for example A. mellea, reportedly exhibit diurnal periodicity and seasonal variation of bioluminescence.

• Luminescence may occur in both mycelia and fruiting bodies, as for example in P. stipticus and O. olearius, or only in mycelia. • Fungal luminescence has been shown to require oxygen and in vitro light output has been characterised as an NAD(P)H-dependent luciferin-luciferase system for A. mellea and M. Citricolor but not for P. Stipticus.

• The role of luminescence is to attract invertebrates to assist fungal spore dispersal. • Bioluminescence is a by-product of a biochemical reaction and has no ecological value.

Применение • Many scientific researchers have incorporated luminescent mushroom into applications in testing for pollutants in water supply when concentrations are too low to detect by conventional means. • Fungi are of special interest because like us, they are eucaryotes and our metabolism is more related to theirs than to that of the procaryotic bacteria. • The metabolite from luminescent mushroom present the effectively bioactive in anti-mould, anti-bacteria, anti-virus and especially in inhibiting growth of cancer cell.

Университеты • Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Iran. • Institute of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Norway. • Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan.