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The long sterigmata poke through the jelly, enabling the spores to be borne externally while the basidium remains protected in the interior. When the fungus dries up, the basidia remain protected from the air, and when the fungus rehydrates they again begin producing spores. I remember seeing one research result that found that a fruiting body of Tremella mesenterica continued to sporulate in wet weather for a period of six months.
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