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RE: The Amateur Mycologist - Random Find - Tulostoma lloydii - A Puffball On A Stick (With Spore Microscopy And Non-Responsive KOH Test)
When they are ready to disperse their spores, they are really quite robust.
I would have expected the opposite. The less robust they are, easier the spore can be spread away. Weird mushrooms :)
Well the spore mass loosens up and expands, at the same time that the thicker outer skin sloughs off and leaves the tissue paper thin skin behind. The result is an expansion that eventually punctures the skin and starts pouring those spores out into the world. Counter intuitive
Like many things! Thanks for the detailed explanation :)