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Mushrooms as Rainmakers: How Spores Act as Nuclei for Raindrops

Millions of tons of fungal spores are dispersed in the atmosphere every year. These living cells, along with plant spores and pollen grains, may act as nuclei for condensation of water in clouds. Basidiospores released by mushrooms form a significant proportion of these aerosols, particularly above...

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Autores principales: Hassett, Maribeth O., Fischer, Mark W. F., Money, Nicholas P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4624964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140407