A precise relationship among Buller's drop, ballistospore and gill morphology enables maximal packing of spores within gilled mushrooms

Martina Iapichino, Yen Wen Wang, Savannah Gentry +2

Basidiomycete fungi eject spores using a surface tension catapult; a fluid drop forms at the base of each spore and after reaching a critical size, coalesces with the spore and lau…