spore

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One of the most unexpected results was what did not influence spore timing.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

For a mushroom to grow, a fungal spore has to set up shop on a surface and produce mycelia.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

It produces a type of cell called a spore, which is very resistant to heating.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023

IRVINE, Calif. — A drone flies over a peaceful Southern California marsh and unleashes a rain of larvae-killing bacterial spore pellets.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2023

By 1945, milky spore disease was raging among the beetle populations of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson