Posted on 10/30/2015 12:40:13 PM PDT by sparklite2
Discovery reports researchers documented a previously unknown system in which rain makes mushrooms grow, mushrooms release spores into the atmosphere, and those spores create moisture droplets that could lead to rain.
“We can watch big water droplets grow as vapor condenses on (the mushroom spore’s) surface,†study author Nicholas Money tells Discovery. “Nothing else works like this in nature.†This process could be influencing climate patterns around the world, especially in fungus-heavy tropical forests like the Amazon, Gizmodo reports.
According to Gizmodo, a single mushroom can "catapult" up to 30,000 spores per second at speeds of up to 4mph. And it's been estimated mushrooms release 50 million tons of spores into the atmosphere ever year.
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There are some very interesting mushrooms out there.
Yes, yes there are.
I’ll ask Alice. I think she’ll know.
This is like the chicken and the egg.
No rain no mushrooms. Heavy rain and mushrooms pop up everywhere.
And they pop up so damned fast!
You should be able to see them grow.
Matango / Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ysl4k_matango-attack-of-the-mushroom-people-1963_shortfilms
The Who — Love reign over me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDbAtWpoA6k
Dust has been forever, but if mushroom spoors are an effective enhancer, then they should try some of the same stuff they did with Silver Iodide. Try seeding some potential rain clouds with spoors and see what happens.
The African Source Of The Amazon’s Fertilizer
Science News Magazine | 11-18-2006 | Sid Perkins
Posted on 11/18/2006, 7:22:58 PM by blam
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