Mushrooms as Rainmakers: How Spores Act as Nuclei for Raindrops
Fig 3
ESEM images (A-C) and accompanying diagrams (D-F) showing droplet formation at 102% RH on the hilar appendix of a basidiospore dispersed from Russula aeruginea.
(A, D) Spore prior to droplet formation with hilar appendix appearing as rounded protruberance from the base of the spore. (B, E) Droplet beginning to form, and (C, F) continuing to expand. Scale = 2 μm.