Foxfire:Glowing wood

[dipbait]

Im fifty and have never seen glowing wood until last summer. I collected dead standing wood for the fire. That night one of the pieces was glowing green ,like a light stick. Later, I googled it and found out that it is called Foxfire. Apparently the wood must be opened for the inside to glow , for I have never seen a glowing tree.

 

[Stryker D]

I found a piece a few years ago
The wood would send a greenish glow
I took some home; brought it inside
It shone no more; its fire had died

 

[tknife]

I think foxfire is a type of lichen or fungus that emits the glow, at least I think I remember reading that.

 

[Salamander42]

On a very rainy camping trip several years ago there was an exposed tree root right outside the door to our tent. It got scuffed up as we went in and out and would glow faintly in the areas where it was damaged. I seem to recall it being more of a whitish glow than green, but that may just be my faulty memory.

 

[jimmyjones]

Growing up in western NY, foxfire was the holy grail. It liked the wet damp rotting logs under the canopy.

Trouble was once you bust open a log, the fungus dries out, we used to try and find ways to keep it 'glowing', but were never successful.

It's really cool stuff !

I had forgotten all about it, I've been in the desert SW since the early 70's, to dry out here for it.

Thanks for the memory !

 

[Tim the Slugman]

I have seen it all my life in the north georgia mountains, you see a lot when coon hunting.

 

[blazink]

My brother came back to camp after dark and saw two glowing "eyes" staring at him from the darkness. Turned out to be two small pieces of foxfire wood. He hadn't seen it before so it startled him at first.