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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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8 March 2019 / Life
8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.
DNA was first isolated by Friedrich Miescher, a Swiss biochemist in 1869. It was a brilliant, but not complicated operation:…
27 February 2019 / Life
In search of the riders of icebergs
International Polar Bear Day, set up by Polar Bears International, a non-profit organisation, was held on 27 February. The aim…
15 February 2019 / Life
Urban aliens
When you take your dog out for a walk in the public gardens near your home or during a stroll…
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30 January 2019 / Life
Dwarfs and giants of the islands
Elephants have eyes that are small in proportion to the size of their heads: it is quite hard to locate…
20 November 2018 / Life
Under the sign of the Bear
Thirty thousand years ago, on the walls of the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave in Southern France, primitive artists painted woolly mammoths,…
12 November 2018 / Life
Lucy in the sky with diamonds and butterflies
A butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can produce a tornado in Texas. The author of this poetic image was…
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22 October 2018 / Life
Crispr-Cas9, the gene factory
DNA is like an alphabet with only four letters (G, T, A, C) written one after another. A, C, G,…
16 October 2018 / Life
World Food Day 2018
The United Nations food and agriculture organisation (FAO) celebrates the il World Food Day each year on 16 October, with…
23 July 2018 / Life
Animal architecture, both elegance and precision
Homes, dams, artistic installations. We are often inclined to believe that humans are the only animals able to erect buildings…
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8 March 2019 / Life
8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.
DNA was first isolated by Friedrich Miescher, a Swiss biochemist in 1869. It was a brilliant, but not complicated operation:…
27 February 2019 / Life
In search of the riders of icebergs
International Polar Bear Day, set up by Polar Bears International, a non-profit organisation, was held on 27 February. The aim…
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15 February 2019 / Life
Urban aliens
When you take your dog out for a walk in the public gardens near your home or during a stroll…
30 January 2019 / Life
Dwarfs and giants of the islands
Elephants have eyes that are small in proportion to the size of their heads: it is quite hard to locate…
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20 November 2018 / Life
Under the sign of the Bear
Thirty thousand years ago, on the walls of the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave in Southern France, primitive artists painted woolly mammoths,…
12 November 2018 / Life
Lucy in the sky with diamonds and butterflies
A butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can produce a tornado in Texas. The author of this poetic image was…
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22 October 2018 / Life
Crispr-Cas9, the gene factory
DNA is like an alphabet with only four letters (G, T, A, C) written one after another. A, C, G,…
16 October 2018 / Life
World Food Day 2018
The United Nations food and agriculture organisation (FAO) celebrates the il World Food Day each year on 16 October, with…
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23 July 2018 / Life
Animal architecture, both elegance and precision
Homes, dams, artistic installations. We are often inclined to believe that humans are the only animals able to erect buildings…
-
8 March 2019 / Life
8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.
DNA was first isolated by Friedrich Miescher, a Swiss biochemist in 1869. It was a brilliant, but not complicated operation:…
-
27 February 2019 / Life
In search of the riders of icebergs
International Polar Bear Day, set up by Polar Bears International, a non-profit organisation, was held on 27 February. The aim…
-
15 February 2019 / Life
Urban aliens
When you take your dog out for a walk in the public gardens near your home or during a stroll…
-
30 January 2019 / Life
Dwarfs and giants of the islands
Elephants have eyes that are small in proportion to the size of their heads: it is quite hard to locate…
-
20 November 2018 / Life
Under the sign of the Bear
Thirty thousand years ago, on the walls of the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave in Southern France, primitive artists painted woolly mammoths,…
-
12 November 2018 / Life
Lucy in the sky with diamonds and butterflies
A butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can produce a tornado in Texas. The author of this poetic image was…
-
22 October 2018 / Life
Crispr-Cas9, the gene factory
DNA is like an alphabet with only four letters (G, T, A, C) written one after another. A, C, G,…
-
16 October 2018 / Life
World Food Day 2018
The United Nations food and agriculture organisation (FAO) celebrates the il World Food Day each year on 16 October, with…
-
23 July 2018 / Life
Animal architecture, both elegance and precision
Homes, dams, artistic installations. We are often inclined to believe that humans are the only animals able to erect buildings…
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