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A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1] Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes from the phenomenon of strange lights ...
Omphalotus olearius, [2] commonly known as the jack-o'-lantern mushroom, is a poisonous orange gilled mushroom that to an untrained eye appears similar to some chanterelles. It is notable for its bioluminescent properties. It is found in woodland areas in Europe, where it grows on decaying stumps, on buried roots or at the base of hardwood trees.
Stingy Jack. This 1851 poem by Hercules Ellis dramatizes the story of Stingy Jack. Stingy Jack O'Lantern, also known as Jack the Smith, Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack or Jack-o'-lantern, is a mythical character sometimes associated with All Hallows Eve while also acting as the mascot of the holiday. The "jack-o'-lantern" may be derived from the character.
The “Jack” of Halloween jack-o-lanterns: Stingy Jack Many of the immigrants responsible for the popularity of the jack-o-lantern in the United States—and its name—were Irish, what with ...
Jack O'Lantern, Hobgoblin, Jackie. Abilities. Highly trained hand-to-hand combatant, martial artist, and spy. Expert mechanical engineer and physicist. Superhuman physical abilities due to Kraven the Hunter 's formula and cybernetic implants. Use of various goblin-themed weapons and paraphernalia.
Daniel Cormac. The first Jack O'Lantern is Daniel Cormac of Ireland, who was born to a poor farmer who was granted a magic lantern by an Irish fairy. Cormac is a member of the Global Guardians, an international group of superheroes. [1] His first recorded mission in Super Friends #8 was to help Green Lantern dismantle a bomb in Ireland. [2]
Omphalotus illudens. (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl. Omphalotus illudens, commonly known as the eastern jack-o'lantern mushroom, is a large, orange mushroom that is often found in clumps on decaying stumps, buried roots, or at the base of hardwood trees in eastern North America. Its gills often exhibit a weak green bioluminescence when fresh.
The jack o'lantern mushroom is poisonous; while not lethal, consuming this mushroom leads to very severe cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. [5]The toxic ingredient of many species of Omphalotus is a sesquiterpene compound known as illudin S. [8] This, along with illudin M, have been identified in O. nidiformis.