Geotropism is the movement of fungi, plants or plant organs towards (positive geotropism) or away from (negative geotropism) the centre of the Earth. Shoots are always negatively geotropic, whereas roots grow positively geotropic. If the position of the substrate changes, for example when a tree bearing fruiting bodies of the tinder fungus falls over, the fungus changes its growth direction after some time.

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