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21-04-2009
Glow worm chemical reaction product= Water
At last....photographic evidence !!!Pure
water being produced resulting from the glow worm's use of a chemical reaction to 'burn
off' it's body waste.
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18-04-2009
Of all six luminous fungi species in
Australia, the Springbrook Research Centre has actually discovered, studied, and named
four of the six species.
The specimen opposite is a possible new bioluminescent fungi discovered at Springbrook
April 2009 and until verified as a new species, given the study name of:
Omphalotus spp.
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New bioluminescent fungi discovered at Springbrook originally in 1988,
studied in 2006 and named in 2008 as :
Mycena delicatum [ Maguire 2006 ]
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Informative
Introduction
An brief overview is conducted in the display area of the Research Centre prior to the
guided tour. This introduction enables visitors to better understand what they will be
seeing in the research display area.
The briefing also includes the the process of bioluminescence in as detailed or simple
terms as you prefer.
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A happy group of
overseas students joining with me
in a check of the 3KM track glow worm colony.
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What
are they looking at?
Click the image and see.
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Luminous
Mushrooms
In the luminous mushroom season ( Late December ---> February ) you will be able to see
luminous mushrooms that have been cultivated from clones of species newly discovered in
our research area.
The fungus of these clones has been innoculated into logs that are stacked in the
rainforest.
Our Research Centre is the only location in Australia that is intentionally growing
luminous mushrooms.The Springbrook Research Centre is also the sole location worldwide
where ( in season ) cultivated specimens of Mycena lampadis, one of the brightest
light generating mushrooms in the world can be seen. |
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Going
underground
into the enclosed environment chamber
affectionally known as
"the Wormhole" |
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A
group of university students from Japan visiting our centre. |
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Google Earth satellite pic of our research centre
as seen from space . Note the 'paddock-art' 1.5HA
" hand holding clover-leaf " that mysteriously
appears
on St Patrick's Day each year.
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