Fungi Associated with Stalactite Growth

17 October 1969

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 166 (3903) , 385-386
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.166.3903.385

Abstract

A fungus, Cephalosporium lamellaecola, was found to be regularly associated with the active tip of stalactites; crystallization of CaCO₃ occurred on hyphae suspended from the stalactite wall in the terminal drop.

Keywords

STALACTITE
CACO3
LAMELLAECOLA
CRYSTALLIZATION
TIP
SUSPENDED
REGULARLY
TERMINAL
CEPHALOSPORIUM
DROP