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Fungi
Mycetes are diffused practically in all environments: approximately 70,000 species, that include the fungi we commonly find in the woods, plant rusts and mildews. They do not have roots, a stem nor leaves, they do not even have chlorophyll to produce nutritive substances; mycetes are prevalently pluricellular organisms consisting of masses of filamentous cells known as hypha.
A group of mycetes, commonly known as yeasts, includes unicellular organisms, such as for example Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Some fungi are parasites of animals, plants and protista and even of other fungi, others instead are saprobe fungi…
subjects dealt with in Fungi
Fungi knowledge
The fungal kingdom includes all the organisms that are commonly known as fungi (a large group of multi-cellular organisms that…
Man and fungi
The parasitic species transmit diseases and form relations with other organisms, in which the fungus benefits from the association and…
Air protection
Lichens are ecologically important because they are sensitive to the atmospheric pollutants, and this is why they are called bio-indicators.…
special reports
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27 June 2016 / Life
The numbers of nature: the Fibonacci sequence
The Fibonacci Sequence has always attracted the attention of people since, as well as having special mathematical properties, other numbers…
9 February 2016 / Life
A naturalist's voyage around the world
Charles Darwin was just 22 years old when he set sail on board HMS Beagle on 27 December 1831. Perhaps…
25 January 2016 / Life
Pulses: nutritious seeds for a sustainable future
Lentils, chickpeas, beans, peas, grass peas, lupins, fava beans and other pulses will be the protagonists of 2016, proclaimed by…
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17 December 2015 / Life
The perfection of the snail
Geometry in nature Taking a walk in the woods or in the countryside, surrounded by trees, mountains, flowers and herbs,…
26 October 2015 / Life
Praising the meatball
Let's learn to transform waste into resources How often have we opened the refrigerator to find a couple of eggs…
14 July 2015 / Life
Monsters are coming: cryptozoology
What is cryptozoology? In the mid-1950s, the Belgian zoologist, Bernard Heuvelmans (1916-2001) coined the term “cryptozoology”, from the Greek kryptos (hidden), zoion (animal)…
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30 June 2015 / Life
Inventions come from mistakes
What do matches and X-rays have in common? Apparently nothing, but instead they are both inventions which came about by…
10 June 2015 / Life
Crying wolf
The legend of the werewolves We all know the legend of the werewolves, or men who during the nights of…
27 May 2015 / Life
Sometimes they return...
Identity card of the wolf The wolf (Canis lupus) is a mammal of the Canidae family and has 13 sub-species,…
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27 June 2016 / Life
The numbers of nature: the Fibonacci sequence
The Fibonacci Sequence has always attracted the attention of people since, as well as having special mathematical properties, other numbers…
9 February 2016 / Life
A naturalist's voyage around the world
Charles Darwin was just 22 years old when he set sail on board HMS Beagle on 27 December 1831. Perhaps…
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25 January 2016 / Life
Pulses: nutritious seeds for a sustainable future
Lentils, chickpeas, beans, peas, grass peas, lupins, fava beans and other pulses will be the protagonists of 2016, proclaimed by…
17 December 2015 / Life
The perfection of the snail
Geometry in nature Taking a walk in the woods or in the countryside, surrounded by trees, mountains, flowers and herbs,…
-
26 October 2015 / Life
Praising the meatball
Let's learn to transform waste into resources How often have we opened the refrigerator to find a couple of eggs…
14 July 2015 / Life
Monsters are coming: cryptozoology
What is cryptozoology? In the mid-1950s, the Belgian zoologist, Bernard Heuvelmans (1916-2001) coined the term “cryptozoology”, from the Greek kryptos (hidden), zoion (animal)…
-
30 June 2015 / Life
Inventions come from mistakes
What do matches and X-rays have in common? Apparently nothing, but instead they are both inventions which came about by…
10 June 2015 / Life
Crying wolf
The legend of the werewolves We all know the legend of the werewolves, or men who during the nights of…
-
27 May 2015 / Life
Sometimes they return...
Identity card of the wolf The wolf (Canis lupus) is a mammal of the Canidae family and has 13 sub-species,…
-
27 June 2016 / Life
The numbers of nature: the Fibonacci sequence
The Fibonacci Sequence has always attracted the attention of people since, as well as having special mathematical properties, other numbers…
-
9 February 2016 / Life
A naturalist's voyage around the world
Charles Darwin was just 22 years old when he set sail on board HMS Beagle on 27 December 1831. Perhaps…
-
25 January 2016 / Life
Pulses: nutritious seeds for a sustainable future
Lentils, chickpeas, beans, peas, grass peas, lupins, fava beans and other pulses will be the protagonists of 2016, proclaimed by…
-
17 December 2015 / Life
The perfection of the snail
Geometry in nature Taking a walk in the woods or in the countryside, surrounded by trees, mountains, flowers and herbs,…
-
26 October 2015 / Life
Praising the meatball
Let's learn to transform waste into resources How often have we opened the refrigerator to find a couple of eggs…
-
14 July 2015 / Life
Monsters are coming: cryptozoology
What is cryptozoology? In the mid-1950s, the Belgian zoologist, Bernard Heuvelmans (1916-2001) coined the term “cryptozoology”, from the Greek kryptos (hidden), zoion (animal)…
-
30 June 2015 / Life
Inventions come from mistakes
What do matches and X-rays have in common? Apparently nothing, but instead they are both inventions which came about by…
-
10 June 2015 / Life
Crying wolf
The legend of the werewolves We all know the legend of the werewolves, or men who during the nights of…
-
27 May 2015 / Life
Sometimes they return...
Identity card of the wolf The wolf (Canis lupus) is a mammal of the Canidae family and has 13 sub-species,…
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