Terminal velocity of fern and lycopod spores is affected more by mass and ornamentation than by size.
Felipe Gómez-NoguezCésar Domínguez-UgaldeCatalina Flores-GalvánLuis Manuel León-RossanoBlanca Pérez GarcíaAniceto Mendoza-RuizIrma Rosas-PérezKlaus MehltreterPublished in: American journal of botany (2022)
The reported values of Vt of fern spores are within the range of different biological airborne particles such as moss spores and pollen grains of seed plants. The results showed that spore ornamentation is directly related to Vt rather than spore size and may increase or decrease the drag. This method will aid future aerobiological research on biological particles.