A guide to finding glowing fungi in your backyard

Step 1: Work from home because coronavirus

Step 2: Go for a walk in the backyard to clear your computer brain

Step 3: Rummage around in the leaf litter

Step 4: Notice fungi

Step 5: Say ‘Hmm they look like Omphalotus nidiformis’

Step 6: Revisit the fungi at night

Step 7: Get very excited and tell your housemates

Step 8 (optional): Take out your camera and tripod and set your exposure for 10 minutes

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Omphalotus nidiformis in the backyard in the light of day. They were growing in the leaf litter underneath three Japanese maples.