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September 17, 2010
Jack O'Lantern, Omphalatus olearius

The jack o'lantern is one of several bioluminescent species you can find at Fresh Pond. It gills glow with a soft blue-green light, the better to attract night-flying insects. These insects then become vectors of spore dispersal.
Photo by Elizabeth Wylde
Description by Lawrence Millman