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Foxfire logo #10101) American quarterly magazine 2) Arts and crafts magazine 3) Book about Appalachia 4) Eerie glow in the woods
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Foxfire logo #21000 Foxfire, also sometimes called `fairy fire`, is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green glow is attributed to luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with luciferin. It is widely believed that the light attracts insects to spread spores, or acts as a warning to hungr.....
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Foxfire logo #21000[play] Foxfire is a play by Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn based on the Foxfire books, about Appalachian culture and traditions in north Georgia. The 1982 Broadway production starred Jessica Tandy, who won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance. It costarred Hum...
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foxfire logo #21003(from the article `bioluminescence`) Small, whitish, luminous fungi (`foxfire`) commonly grow on dead wood of forests, particularly where the ground is moist and wet; these forms ...
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foxfire logo #21199organic luminescence, esp. from certain fungi on decaying wood. · any of various fungi causing luminescence in decaying wood.
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