The mathematical models presented in these web pages, and some of the background research, are described in much more detail in the following publications:

Moore, D. (1991). Perception and response to gravity in higher fungi - a critical appraisal. New Phytologist 117, 3-23. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Kher, K., Greening, J. P., Hatton, J. P., Novak Frazer, L. A. & Moore, D. (1992). Kinetics and mechanics of gravitropism in Coprinus cinereus. Mycological Research 96, 817-824. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Hatton, J. P. & Moore, D. (1992). Kinetics of stem gravitropism in Coprinus cinereus: determination of presentation time and 'dosage-response' relationships using clinostats. FEMS Microbiology Letters 100, 81-86. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Greening, J. P., Holden, J. & Moore, D. (1993). Distribution of mechanical stress is not involved in regulating stem gravitropism in Coprinus cinereus. Mycological Research 97, 1001-1004. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Novak Frazer, L. & Moore, D. (1993). Antagonists and inhibitors of calcium accumulation do not impair gravity perception though they adversely affect the gravitropic responses of Coprinus cinereus stipes. Mycological Research 97, 1113-1118. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D. Greening, J. P., Hatton, J. P. & Novak Frazer, L. (1994). Gravitational biology of mushrooms: a flow-chart approach to characterising processes and mechanisms. Microgravity Quarterly 4, 21-24. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Hatton, J. P. & Moore, D. (1994). Kinetics of stipe gravitropism in the mushroom fungus Coprinus cinereus under the conditions of microgravity simulation provided by clinostat treatment. Microgravity Quarterly 4, 101-106.
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Moore, D., Novak Frazer, L., Hatton, J. P., Greening, J. P., Bourne, A. M. & Robson, G. D. (1994). Gravitropic reactions of the mushroom fruit body of Coprinus cinereus. In Proceedings of the 5th European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space, (ed. H. Oser & T. D. Guyenne), pp. 133-138. European Space Agency Publications Division, ESTEC: Noordwijk, The Netherlands. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Stočkus A*. 1994a. Basic assumptions and comparison of three gravitropic response models. Advances in Space Research, 14: 145-148.

Stočkus A*. 1994b. Diagravitropic response in primary plagiogravitropic corn roots. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 34: 87-94.

Stočkus A*& Moore D. 1996. Comparison of plant and fungal gravitropic responses using imitational modelling. Plant, Cell & Environment, 19: 787-800. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D. (1996). Graviresponses in fungi. Advances in Space Research 17 (6/7), 73-82. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Greening, J. P. & Moore, D. (1996). Morphometric analysis of cell size patterning involved in gravitropic curvature of the stipe of Coprinus cinereus. Advances in Space Research 17 (6/7), 83-86. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Novak Frazer, L. & Moore, D. (1996). The role of calcium accumulation and the cytoskeleton in the perception and response of Coprinus cinereus to gravity. Advances in Space Research 17 (6/7), 87-90. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D., Hock, B., Greening, J. P., Kern, V. D., Novak Frazer, L. & Monzer, J. (1996). Centenary review. Gravimorphogenesis in agarics. Mycological Research 100, 257-273. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Greening, J. P., Sánchez, C. & Moore, D. (1997). Coordinated cell elongation alone drives tropic bending in  stems of the mushroom fruit body of Coprinus cinereus. Canadian Journal of Botany 75, 1174-1181. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D. & Stočkus, A* (1998). Comparing plant and fungal gravitropism using imitational models based on reiterative computation. Advances in Space Research 21 (8/9), 1179-1182. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore D. (1998). Presidential Address. Mushrooms upright, sideways and inside-out. Mycological Research 102, 641-657. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Meškauskas A., Moore D. & Novak Frazer L. (1998). Mathematical modelling of morphogenesis in fungi. Spatial organization of the gravitropic response in the mushroom stem of Coprinus cinereus. New Phytologist 140, 111-123. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Meškauskas A., Moore D. & Novak Frazer L. (1999). Mathematical modelling of morphogenesis in fungi. 2. A key role for curvature compensation ('autotropism') in the local curvature distribution model. New Phytologist, 143, 387-399. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Meškauskas A., Jurkoniene S. & Moore D. (1999). Spatial organization of the gravitropic response in plants: applicability of the revised local curvature distribution model to Triticum aestivum coleoptiles. New Phytologist, 143, 401-407. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D., Meškauskas, A., Reeve, M. A., Sánchez, C. & Chiu, S W. (2000). Mushroom mechanics and mathematical models of mushroom morphogenesis. In Science and Cultivation of Edible Fungi, Mushroom Science XV, vol. 1 (ed. L. J. L. D. Van Griensven), pp. 103-107. Balkema: Rotterdam. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

*Dr. Alvydas Stočkus was killed in an accident in February 1996.

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