暗藍小菇

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幽夜中發出微光的小菇—— 群生的暗藍小菇外型細小，白色的菌蓋宛如精心雕刻的花朵圖案，又像冰皮月餅，直徑僅約2mm，菌柄則呈藍色。這些細小的菇類在深夜中會發出綠色的微光，有人推測這種微光是爲了吸引小型昆蟲來傳播真菌孢子，卻意外成就了浪漫的夜色氛圍。

Scientific Name：Mycena lazulina

Chinese Name：暗藍小菇

Common Name：Tiny Blue Lights

Wood decay fungi mainly grow on old tree roots and dead wood.

Fungal spore dispersal, uses of bioluminescence, mushroom survey in Hong Kong, toxicity of wild mushrooms

1. 懂得發綠光-
雖然有着藍色的菌柄，但暗藍小菇在晚上卻會發出綠色微光，和螢火蟲身上的生物光一樣，據推斷為用作吸引昆蟲傳播直菌孢子、並嚇退較大的昆蟲靠近傷害。

2. 外形細小精美-
暗藍小菇的直徑僅約2毫米，比人的指甲蓋還小，然而當你細心觀察，它的菌蓋宛如精心雕刻的花朵圖案，又像冰皮月餅，盡顯大自然的鬼斧神工。

3. 昆蟲的「小森林」-
暗藍小菇是群生的菇菌，它不會單獨生長，往往在同一位置能看見一群暗藍小菇。當體型更小的昆蟲走近暗藍小菇，就像人類進入了森林一般。

Many natural creatures are small and easily overlooked. What if one day our familiar measurements went out of control? An illustrator once created works featuring giant versions of Hong Kong animals, swapping the sizes of humans and creatures to give the public a more intuitive understanding of the characteristics of different local organisms. Perhaps then we could even explore a fungal forest where dark blue mushrooms grow in abundance.