Mushrooms as Rainmakers: How Spores Act as Nuclei for Raindrops
Fig 4
ESEM images of droplet (d) formation on the adaxial surface of basidiospores.
(A-C) Lactarius hygrophoroides, (D-F) Russula pulchra. The spores in this figure are viewed in profile with the hilar appendix protruding from the base and the adaxial surface above (arrows). (A-C) 103% RH; (D) 98% RH; (E,F) 102% RH. Scale = 5 μm.