More g's than the space shuttle: Ballistospore discharge

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 547-558

  Money, Nicholas P ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; Basidiospore; Biomechanics

Indexed keywords

BALLISTOSPORE; FUNGAL SPORE;

DISCHARGE; FUNGUS; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0031828581     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761212     Document Type: Review

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