Dainty, brown-and-cream speckled sculpted mushrooms surrounded by preserved reindeer moss on a fragment of sculpted tree bark. Two smaller images to the right show how the mushrooms glow gently in the gloom and brightly in the dark.

by Naia Poyer

Air-dry clay, epoxy, acrylic paint, glow pigment, preserved reindeer moss

One of the most prized edible fungi, honey mushrooms are found all over the world and some types are bioluminescent, producing the phenomenon known as “foxfire.” Thoroughly cooked, they have a nutty flavor; improperly cooked, they can be poisonous.