Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of phycomycetous fungi, typical of the subfamily Piloboleæ.
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The paper also lists the acceleration of the Ascobolus immersus spore at 1.8 x 10 6 m/s2 - greater than the pilobolus.
Wired Top Stories Rhett Allain 2011
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It lists the acceleration of the pilobolus spore at around 2.1 x 10
Wired Top Stories Rhett Allain 2011
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He was proud to have become acquainted with pilobolus, the fungus, while researching its photoreceptor mechanism in his father's biophysics lab.
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