Solving the aerodynamics of fungal flight: How air viscosity slows spore motion

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 943-948

  Fischer, Mark W F ^a   Stolze Rybczynski, Jessica L ^b   Davis, Diana J ^a   Cui, Yunluan ^b   Money, Nicholas P ^b  

^a College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistospore; Biomechanics; Dispersal; Reproduction; Spore discharge; Spores

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICS; DISPERSAL; DRAG; FUNGUS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPORE; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; VISCOSITY;

FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PILOBOLUS;

EID: 78049254801     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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