mushroom zoom
2008-10-05 14:45:21.275744+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
High speed video of fungus shooting spores, accelerating them at 180,000G to 55MPH. The Fastest Flights in Nature: High-Speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms among Fungi. Via.
2008-10-05 14:45:21.275744+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
High speed video of fungus shooting spores, accelerating them at 180,000G to 55MPH. The Fastest Flights in Nature: High-Speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms among Fungi. Via.
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#Comment Re: made: 2008-10-05 17:51:58.827632+00 by: ebradway
Watching that makes me think Robert Heinlein was wrong in Spaceship Troopers - it won't be bugs blasting us from distant planets - it'll be fungi!
Of course, there are some who believe candida infection is an alien invasion.
I, for one, welcome our evil fungi overlords!