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Schematic showing process of ballistospore discharge. Buller’s drop and the adaxial drop form via condensation of water on the spore surface and their coalescence causes a rapid shift in the center of mass of the spore that is responsible for the launch. From Stolze-Rybczynski et al. (2009).
