''Mycena lux-coeli''—meaning "heavenly light mushrooms"—is a

bioluminescent Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a form of chemiluminescence. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some Fungus, fungi, microorganisms including ...

species of

fungus A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from th ...

in the family

Mycenaceae The Mycenaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 10 genera and 705 species. This is one of several families that were separated from the Tricholom ...

. It was first discovered in 1954 on Hachijō-jima where it is widely found, and decades later was found on multiple islands in Japan. Hachijō-jima island is also home to the bioluminescent mushroom species, '' Mycena chlorophos''. The local name for these mushrooms is ''hato-no-hi'', literally "pigeon fire".

References

lux-coeli Fungi described in 1954 Fungi of Japan {{japan-stub