The syconium often has a bulbous shape with a small opening ( the ostiole ) at the outward end that allows access to pollinators.
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Fertilised female wasps enter the receptive'fig'( the syconium ) through a tiny hole at the crown ( the ostiole ).
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An " "'ostiole " "'is a small hole or opening through which algae or fungi release their mature spores.
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Atop the ascomata are openings ( ostioles ) that are 20 30 basal cell is thin and thread-like, bearing a slightly curved tail-like appendage.
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The puffed spores are ejected from the ostiole at a velocity of about 100 cm / second to form a centimeter-tall cloud one-hundredth of a second after impact.
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In the latter case, the fruit bodies develop an ostiole ( apical hole ) through which spores are puffed out by the pressure of raindrops falling on the fruit body surface.
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In maturity, the exoperidium at the top of the puffball sloughs away, revealing a pre-formed hole ( ostiole ) in the endoperidium, through which the spores can escape.
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Pollinator-specific volatile attractants are released through the ostioles of ripe figs and in the case of " F . burtt-davyi " attract only adult female " Elisabethiella baijnathi ".
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The gleba is brown to grayish-brown, with a cotton-like texture that, when compressed, allows the endoperidium to flex quickly and create a puff of air that is forced out through the ostioles.
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Spores are thought to be dispersed by the wind sucking them out when it blows over the hole, or when falling raindrops hit the flexible endoperidium, creating a puff of air that forces the spores through the ostiole.
