Neonothopanus nambi is a poisonous and bioluminescent mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae.[1][2] The genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying this species' bioluminescence were published in 2019, the first to be elucidated for a fungus.[3] In 2020, genes from this fungus were used to create bioluminescent tobacco plants.[4]
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^Spegazzini, Carlos Luigi (1883). "Agaricus nambi". Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina (in Latin). 16 (5): 247. Ad truncos in sylvis subvirgineis prope Guarapí [On the trunks in the virgin forests near Guarapí]
^Spegazzini, Carlos Luigi (1883). "Agaricus nambi". Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina (in Latin). 16 (5): 242. pulchram collectionem mycologicam Reipublicae Paraguayensis [the beautiful mycological collection of the Republic of Paraguay]