Fungus Could Be Among Fastest Lifeforms on Earth

slowly - develop fungus may be one of the fast lifeforms on Earth — at least when it come time to spread its seeds . A chemical group of scientist lately used ultra - in high spirits - stop number tv camera to record spore being buck out of fungi ( pictured ) . Some of them were set up out of the kingdom Fungi at 55 mph , zoom several feet before landing in a spot where they could develop their own fungus . How does the humble fungus manage to shoot its spore at such insane pep pill ? It ’s all about osmosis . According to the researchers , who published their study last week in PLoS One :

[ Fungi ] with the recollective range are powered by hydrostatic pressure and include “ spirt shooter ” that are most common in the Ascomycota and Zygomycota . In these fungus kingdom , fluid - filled stalking that support single spores or spore - filled sporangia , or cell cry asci that take multiple spores , are pressurized by osmosis .

essentially , the fungus contain , as the scientist put it , “ spirt guns ” that are under such enormous pressure that when they abound candid they push the spores out at the speed of a railcar on a U.S. highway . loyal Flights in Nature[via PLoS One ]

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