Bird's nest fungi use raindrops to launch their tiny spore packets — ChillScroll

Tiny brown cup-shaped fungi holding round spore packets as a raindrop splashes inside

Bird's nest fungi use raindrops to launch their tiny spore packets

Each little cup holds several round packets filled with spores. When a raindrop lands inside, the splash can throw those packets three feet or more onto a new surface.

A rainy day turns the whole tiny nest into a splash pad.

Source · University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension ↗