Penetration of hard substrates by a fungus employing enormous turgor pressures.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 15, 1991

Authors

R J Howard1, M A Ferrari, D H Roach, N P Money

Author Affiliations

1: Central Research and Development, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE 19880-0402.

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