Dance of the spores

16.11.2022 • 1440p
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Why do some mushroom spores seem to dance? More videos at www.planetfungi.movie Catherine was on a mission to film mushroom spores with our new Sony a1 which can do slow mo at 4K. So with the help of @littleacremushrooms in Brisbane who grew us some cultivated specimens she experimented. What she documented was this stunning spore dance. We were intrigued - why do the spores behave like a flock of birds, or a school of fish, travelling together in swirls. RESEARCH OUTCOME: It seems like mushrooms of this type can make their own mini-weather near the surface of the mushroom. As the moisture that helped the spore release evaporates convection currents are created which can carry the spores up to tens of centimetres away from the mushroom surface. How cool is that? Here is a scientific paper https://www.pnas.org/content/113/11/2833. Music licenced from www.pond5.com - "Yearning cello and piano" composed and performed by Dave Tate.
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