Bioluminescent Mushrooms

This video comes across suspiciously like an art film, but it's a nature documentary. Or both, as this time-lapse adds funky music to accompany the quick life cycles of bioluminescent mushrooms. There are dozens of mushroom species that glow in the dark, somewhat like fireflies. They harness a chemical called oxyluciferin to make themselves glow. Mushrooms developed this talent because it attracts insects, which are crucial to spreading their spores around the forest. (via Boing Boing)