Terrestrial Macrofungal Diversity from the Tropical Dry Evergreen Biome of Southern India and Its Potential Role in Aerobiology
Fig 5
Fungal spore presence and the concentration distribution predicted at a height of 10m from the source using the Gaussian plume model.
Spore concentrations were highest near the source. Gradients are also large near the source but gradually become less steep with the increasing downwind distance (x, m). Color shading indicates the spores/m3 of air for a stability class A. Release (Cinitial) was 540 × 104 spores/m2/s and the ambient wind speed was 1.79 m/s; Presence of spores could also be seen at a location of (100, 100, 10) m from the source.