Maybe somebody familiar with cave biology could tell us whether guano
deposits far from the mouths of caves are beset with fungus.
On a similar note, the fungi raised underground by leaf-cutter ants
don't seem to mind the darkness. But what about those luminescent fungi in
rotting wood? Do they need light so bad they make their own? ;-)
Martin Meiss
2010/2/22 Joshua Villa <joshuavi...@gmail.com>
> As far as I know fungi, like basidiomycetes, show positive phototropism
> (growing toward the light source), but don't necessarily need sunlight in
> their lifecycle for growth. I've never grown basidiomycetes in strict
> darkness, which may confound typical fruitbody formation.
>
> Joshua Villa
>
>
> On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Wayne Tyson <landr...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> QUESTION: Some fungi live without light. Others live in the presence of
>> light. Apart from lichenization, do any fungi require light? If so, what
>> function does light perform? Are there any fungi that are indifferent to
>> light?
>>
>> WT
>>
>
