Place the mushroom cap, slices or tubes down, on a dark piece of paper and tap on it. Pick up the mushroom carefully.

Place the mushroom cap, slices or tubes down, on a dark piece of paper and tap on it. Pick up the mushroom carefully. Examine the spores that have poured out of the cap first with a magnifying glass and then under a microscope. What is a fungus spore? What is the significance of the formation of a large number of spores in the life of the fungus? How do disputes spread?

Spores are the reproductive structures of fungi. Fungal spores can be spread by animals, including insects, which carry them either on the surface of their bodies or in their stomachs; by air (carried by air currents); on water.