Bonus curios: the hidden micro winds of mushrooms
A mushroom isn’t a plant but a fungus. (The largest known living thing is a fungus sprawled out in Oregon—over 2,000 acres!) Fungi decompose leaves and other plant bits to get energy and recycle nutrients into the earth. Mushrooms also wield weather sorcery to disperse their “seeds,” aka spores.
A mushroom’s cap is packed with light, tiny spores. To give these spores a boost, mushrooms produce cooling mists that mix with warm air—and presto!—result in micro winds. These breezes send clouds of spores whirling outward to start new colonies.
An interactive diorama of the earth’s biomes, Plants brims with secrets and surprises—we’ve even made a handbook of hints and fun facts for you and your kids. In these posts, we’ll peer into the sometimes-strange truths behind the worlds in our apps.
A mushroom isn’t a plant but a fungus. (The largest known living thing is a fungus sprawled out in Oregon—over 2,000 acres!) Fungi decompose leaves and other plant bits to get energy and recycle nutrients into the earth. Mushrooms also wield weather sorcery to disperse their “seeds,” aka spores.
A mushroom’s cap is packed with light, tiny spores. To give these spores a boost, mushrooms produce cooling mists that mix with warm air—and presto!—result in micro winds. These breezes send clouds of spores whirling outward to start new colonies.
An interactive diorama of the earth’s biomes, Plants brims with secrets and surprises—we’ve even made a handbook of hints and fun facts for you and your kids. In these posts, we’ll peer into the sometimes-strange truths behind the worlds in our apps.
