FIG 1.

(A) Extent of the September/October 2009 Australian dust storm covering an area equivalent to 25 × surface of England (map adapted from Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2009_Dust_Storm_-_Australia_and_New_Zealand_Map.png] [published under a Creative Commons license]; panel A appeared previously as Fig. 1a in reference 11). (B) Abundance of fungal spores in Brisbane-Sydney coastal waters on 16 to 20 October 2009, collected on CPR silks (panel B appeared previously as Fig. 1c in reference 11). (C) Photographs of CPR silks, with the one on the right derived from the “fungal bloom.”