Mosses use 'mushroom clouds' to spread spores (w/ Video)
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 07:07
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have solved the mystery of how peat mosses manage to get their spores high enough to catch the wind, discovering that they produce vortex rings of air, like miniature "mushroom clouds" to boost the spores along -- the first time plants have been shown to be capable of creating such rings.