Wood samples treated with the honey fungus Desarmillaria tabescens glow green in the dark. As Swiss forests increasingly ...

The scientists from Empa’s Cellulose & Wood Materials lab in Switzerland were inspired by bioluminescent plants, enclosing ...

Imagine a glow-in-the-dark designer desk ... the team found that the fungus breaks down the lignin in the wood, the natural polymer that provides stiffness and compressive strength.