Table 1 Vapour phase-based water permeances PW (ms−1 × 104).

From: Barrier properties of fungal fruit body skins, pileipelles, contribute to protection against water loss

Species

sample size

Permeance

EFS/FS

FS

EFS

Stropharia aeruginosa

34

2.8 (21%)

9.1 (13%)

3.3**

Tapinella atrotomentosa

32

3.6 (11%)

9.8 (22%)

2.7**

Russula cyanoxantha

32

6.3 (24%)

21 (11%)

3.3**

Amanita muscaria

34

7.5 (31%)

11 (27%)

1.5*

Tricholomopsis rutilans

34

9.8 (19%)

19 (16%)

1.9**

  1. PW values are given for dry skins from selected fungal caps before (FS) and after (EFS) extraction with chloroform. PW values of the extracted skins differ significantly at the significance level α ≤ 5% (*) or α ≤ 1% (**). Confidence intervals for permeances are given in parentheses.
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