Spore
noun
A tiny cell that can grow into a new plant or fungi.
Mushrooms produce spores that are spread by the wind.
Often appears as...
- produce spores
- spread spores
noun
A small organism that can survive in harsh conditions until it finds a host.
Some bacteria can form spores to survive without nutrients.
Often appears as...
- form spores
- bacteria spores
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Technical
noun
A tiny cell that can grow into a new plant or fungi.
Mushrooms produce spores that are spread by the wind.
Often appears as...
- produce spores
- spread spores
noun
A small organism that can survive in harsh conditions until it finds a host.
Some bacteria can form spores to survive without nutrients.
Often appears as...
- form spores
- bacteria spores
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Growth Potential
A spore has the potential to develop into a complex organism like a plant or mushroom.
Just as a seed turns into a tree, a fungal spore can grow into a mushroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Nonflowering Spread
Unlike flowering plants that use seeds, nonflowering plants and fungi mainly rely on spores to reproduce.
Ferns spread by releasing spores into the air.
Pro Tip 3/3Spore Dispersal
Spores can be spread by wind, water, or animals, reaching different locations for growth.
The dandelion's spores were carried away by the breeze.
Pro Tip 1/3Growth Potential
A spore has the potential to develop into a complex organism like a plant or mushroom.
Just as a seed turns into a tree, a fungal spore can grow into a mushroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Nonflowering Spread
Unlike flowering plants that use seeds, nonflowering plants and fungi mainly rely on spores to reproduce.
Ferns spread by releasing spores into the air.
Pro Tip 3/3Spore Dispersal
Spores can be spread by wind, water, or animals, reaching different locations for growth.
The dandelion's spores were carried away by the breeze.
Pro Tip 1/3Growth Potential
A spore has the potential to develop into a complex organism like a plant or mushroom.
Just as a seed turns into a tree, a fungal spore can grow into a mushroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Nonflowering Spread
Unlike flowering plants that use seeds, nonflowering plants and fungi mainly rely on spores to reproduce.
Ferns spread by releasing spores into the air.
Pro Tip 3/3Spore Dispersal
Spores can be spread by wind, water, or animals, reaching different locations for growth.
The dandelion's spores were carried away by the breeze.
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Will Wright: Spore,...
the anthropic principle, the origin of life. And so I'm going to show you a toy today that I've been working on, that I think of more as kind of a philosophy toy. Playing this toy will bring up philosophical questions in you. The game is "Spore." I've been working on it for several years. It's getting pretty close to finished now.
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6 ways mushrooms can...
The enzymes remanufactured the hydrocarbons into carbohydrates -- fungal sugars. Some of these mushrooms are very happy mushrooms. They're very large. They're showing how much nutrition that they could've obtained. But something else happened, which was an epiphany in my life. They sporulated, the spores attract insects,
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How Cicadas Become...
because they're still very active when they have this fungus erupting out of the back side of them they'll fly around and spores will flake off similar to a tipped salt shaker so they're basically flying salt shakers of death flying salt shakers of death reigning zombie destruction upon the insect world
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What if cracks in...
the tools to help itself. Scientists have discovered that some bacteria and fungi can produce minerals, including the calcium carbonate found in autogenous healing. Experimental blends of concrete include these bacterial or fungal spores alongside nutrients in their concrete mix,
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How parasites change...
and the fungus parasitizes its body to build a tall, thin stalk from its neck. Within several weeks, the stalk shoots off spores, which turn more ants into six-legged leaf-seeking zombies. One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite,
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This Fungus Turns...
it's thought the drugs released by the fungus into the cicada's brain make it more energetic in finding a mate thus maximizing spore dispersal for the parasitic massospora with over 400 species of cordyceps type fungi spread across the world
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What is dust made of? -...
Household dust also contains substances that blow in from the wider world. Depending on the local geology, finely ground quartz, coal, or volcanic ash might enter the air as atmospheric dust, along with pollen and fungal spores.
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What’s in the air you...
which contains a world of possibilities. This small slice of air is composed of numerous small particles including pollen, fungal spores, and liquid droplets, alongside trace gases like methane and carbon dioxide.
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Mark Roth: Suspended...
An example of an organism or two that happens to be quite immortal would be plant seeds or bacterial spores. These creatures are some of the most immortal life forms on our planet,
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The story of life in...
to bear spores that foreshadowed seeds. Life flourished in swamps.
Video examples
Will Wright: Spore,...
the anthropic principle, the origin of life. And so I'm going to show you a toy today that I've been working on, that I think of more as kind of a philosophy toy. Playing this toy will bring up philosophical questions in you. The game is "Spore." I've been working on it for several years. It's getting pretty close to finished now.
Video examples
6 ways mushrooms can...
The enzymes remanufactured the hydrocarbons into carbohydrates -- fungal sugars. Some of these mushrooms are very happy mushrooms. They're very large. They're showing how much nutrition that they could've obtained. But something else happened, which was an epiphany in my life. They sporulated, the spores attract insects,
Video examples
How Cicadas Become...
because they're still very active when they have this fungus erupting out of the back side of them they'll fly around and spores will flake off similar to a tipped salt shaker so they're basically flying salt shakers of death flying salt shakers of death reigning zombie destruction upon the insect world
Video examples
What if cracks in...
the tools to help itself. Scientists have discovered that some bacteria and fungi can produce minerals, including the calcium carbonate found in autogenous healing. Experimental blends of concrete include these bacterial or fungal spores alongside nutrients in their concrete mix,
Video examples
How parasites change...
and the fungus parasitizes its body to build a tall, thin stalk from its neck. Within several weeks, the stalk shoots off spores, which turn more ants into six-legged leaf-seeking zombies. One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite,
Video examples
This Fungus Turns...
it's thought the drugs released by the fungus into the cicada's brain make it more energetic in finding a mate thus maximizing spore dispersal for the parasitic massospora with over 400 species of cordyceps type fungi spread across the world
Video examples
What is dust made of? -...
Household dust also contains substances that blow in from the wider world. Depending on the local geology, finely ground quartz, coal, or volcanic ash might enter the air as atmospheric dust, along with pollen and fungal spores.
Video examples
What’s in the air you...
which contains a world of possibilities. This small slice of air is composed of numerous small particles including pollen, fungal spores, and liquid droplets, alongside trace gases like methane and carbon dioxide.
Video examples
Mark Roth: Suspended...
An example of an organism or two that happens to be quite immortal would be plant seeds or bacterial spores. These creatures are some of the most immortal life forms on our planet,
Video examples
The story of life in...
to bear spores that foreshadowed seeds. Life flourished in swamps.
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Graham Hancock
British Writer
Whether Earth was deliberately terraformed, in other words, or whether it was seeded with the spores of life from crashed comets or whether, indeed, life arose here spontaneously and accidentally, it is reasonable to hope that we might find traces of the same kind of process on Mars.
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Paul Stamets
American Scientist
While reishi mushrooms have historically been prepared as teas or infusions, other modern preparations include capsules, tinctures, and fractionated extracts of mushrooms, mycelium, and spores.
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Barton Gellman
American Journalist
If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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Graham Hancock
British Writer
Whether Earth was deliberately terraformed, in other words, or whether it was seeded with the spores of life from crashed comets or whether, indeed, life arose here spontaneously and accidentally, it is reasonable to hope that we might find traces of the same kind of process on Mars.
Quote examples
Paul Stamets
American Scientist
While reishi mushrooms have historically been prepared as teas or infusions, other modern preparations include capsules, tinctures, and fractionated extracts of mushrooms, mycelium, and spores.
Quote examples
Barton Gellman
American Journalist
If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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