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Texas star hissing mushroom
By: Thetis099 Date: January 7, 2024, 1:18 pm
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Re: Texas star hissing mushroom
By: kkt Date: January 7, 2024, 4:01 pm
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I thought plants made flowers to attract pollinating insects.
Do the Texas Star mushrooms rely on pollinating insects?
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Re: Texas star hissing mushroom
By: Thetis099 Date: January 7, 2024, 5:05 pm
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[quote author=kkt link=topic=2439.msg228716#msg228716
date=1704664902]
I thought plants made flowers to attract pollinating insects.
Do the Texas Star mushrooms rely on pollinating insects?
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Maybe, but I'm not sure. I am no expert on fungi, but I know a
bit. In general, spores from within the gills of fungi like
mushrooms can be spread by the wind, or, for puffballs,
raindrops send the spores into the air to then be carried away.
I bet there are also fungi that attract some sort of critter to
move spores around, because some fungi are bioluminescent. My
biology brain says the only reason for the bioluminescence of a
mushroom would be to attract insects or some other critter to
move spores around.
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