I remember learning about a fungus in my mycology class that basically, as part of its reproduction, would absolutely BLAST some seed in the air. Basically 0 mass so it's nothing people would notice, but the speed was staggering. Grew on horseshit I believe, don't remember the name tho..
EDIT: it wasn't the speed that was staggering, but the acceleration of the spore. From Wikipedia in the comments:
For a sporangiophore less than 1cm tall, this involves acceleration from 0 to 20 km/h in only 2 µs, subjecting it to over 20,000 G, equivalent to a human being launched at 100 times the speed of sound.
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I remember learning about a fungus in my mycology class that basically, as part of its reproduction, would absolutely BLAST some seed in the air. Basically 0 mass so it's nothing people would notice, but the speed was staggering. Grew on horseshit I believe, don't remember the name tho..
EDIT: it wasn't the speed that was staggering, but the acceleration of the spore. From Wikipedia in the comments: For a sporangiophore less than 1cm tall, this involves acceleration from 0 to 20 km/h in only 2 µs, subjecting it to over 20,000 G, equivalent to a human being launched at 100 times the speed of sound.