Foxfire

dimensions: 2.5x12x6.5"

materials: clay, paint, glow-in-the-dark pigment

date: 2023

“Foxfire” or “fairy fire” is the glow emanating from bioluminescent fungi. Panellus stripticus is believed to be one of the brightest bioluminescent mushrooms in the word.

The first known recorded observation of glowing fungi was from Aristotle, who wondered at the "cold fire" that sometimes emanated from rotting wood in the forest.