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THE aerial dissemination of certain types of fungus spores has been studied intensively by plant pathologists, and the literature on spore dispersal in general has been summarized from this point of view by Gregory1. Mould spores, however, not only cause infective disease in plants but may, as airborne allergens, also give rise to disease in man, and numerous studies have established their importance as a cause of asthma2,3.
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HYDE, H., WILLIAMS, D. A Census of Mould Spores in the Atmosphere. Nature 164, 668–669 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164668b0
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