Mushrooms Spread Spores by Creating Wind

Laser light illuminates spores spreading from this Amanita muscaria mushrooms. Credit: Patrick Hickey.

Laser light illuminates spores spreading from this Amanita muscaria mushrooms. Credit: Patrick Hickey.

Marcus Roper spoke to livescience.com and explained how some species of mushrooms can generate a wind effect that moves their spores vertically and horizontally. The air flow is created by evaporation. Evaporation creates cold air and warm air from water vapor which forms the mushroom's wind. The article can be read here