{"id":24288,"date":"2025-10-27T06:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24288"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:06:55","slug":"filoboletus-manipularis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/filoboletus-manipularis\/","title":{"rendered":"Filoboletus manipularis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Filoboletus manipularis:\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a fascinating species of <strong>bioluminescent mushroom.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These mushrooms glow a bright green at night due to a <strong>chemical reaction<\/strong> in their cells.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> They thrive in <strong>tropical, humid environments<\/strong>, typically found in dense forests where there\u2019s plenty of decaying organic matter, like fallen trees and leaves.<\/li>\n<li>This rich, moist environment provides the nutrients and conditions necessary for their growth and their unique glowing property.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biochemical process:<\/strong> The chemical reaction involving <strong>luciferin<\/strong> (<strong>a pigment<\/strong>) and <strong>luciferase (an enzyme)<\/strong> with oxygen plays a critical role in these mushrooms. This reaction produces light, a trait shared with other bioluminescent organisms like fireflies and certain marine creatures.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advantage:<\/strong> In <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/fungi\/\" target=\"_blank\">fungi<\/a>, this glowing mechanism is thought to attract insects, \u201cwhich help disperse the mushroom\u2019s spores\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are mushrooms?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mushrooms constitute <strong>secondary saprophytic fungi<\/strong> of the forest ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li>Secondary saprophytic fungi play a very important role in the decomposition of plant litter.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Western Ghats region in Kerala is rich in fungi, many of which could also be described as endemic to the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is a Fungi?<\/h3>\n<p>These are eukaryotic organisms made up of unicellular or multicellular arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/lifestyle\/life-style\/bioluminescent-mushrooms-kasaragod-kerala-india-toxic-forest-fungi-9396984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists discover rare species of bioluminescent mushrooms in Kasaragod, warn against their consumption<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filoboletus manipularis glow a bright green at night due to a chemical reaction in their cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}