
Today is Wednesday, so you know what that means:
It’s time for your Weekly Dose of Woah!
This one had us literally saying “
Now, we know mushrooms of specific varieties can certainly make you say “
The
Wikipedia.orgcolour change observed with tissue injury is caused byvariegatic andxerocomic acids, both of which turn blue when oxidized enzymatically upon exposure to air.
In other words, when the acids inside the mushroom meet the air (Oxygen specifically), a chemical reaction occurs, where the byproduct is a chemical that absorbs blue wavelength light (that is…looks blue to us)
Pretty sweet, huh?
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