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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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17 July 2017 / Life
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Biodiversity: the largest seed bank in the world in the ice
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25 January 2017 / Life
Microbiota: the human body is a home for bacteria
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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…
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9 February 2016 / Life
A naturalist's voyage around the world
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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…
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The perfection of the snail
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17 July 2017 / Life
3D Printing: what can be done with additive manufacturing
If when you hear the word printer you imagine a box that spits out two dimensional sheets of papers, you…
10 July 2017 / Life
Some like it extreme
In summer we need air conditioning, in winter heating. To climb the highest peaks in the world we need oxygen…
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30 June 2017 / Life
The art of mimicry: what creatures do to survive…
In nature, the struggle for survival is a daily battle, especially if you are smaller or slower than your possible…
21 June 2017 / Life
Biodiversity: the largest seed bank in the world in the ice
Inside a mountain of ice, a thousand kilometres from the North Pole, hundreds of thousands of seeds, the fruit of…
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25 January 2017 / Life
Microbiota: the human body is a home for bacteria
As well as allowing us to conduct our everyday lives, our body is home to a huge number of organisms,…
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…
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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,…
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17 July 2017 / Life
3D Printing: what can be done with additive manufacturing
If when you hear the word printer you imagine a box that spits out two dimensional sheets of papers, you…
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10 July 2017 / Life
Some like it extreme
In summer we need air conditioning, in winter heating. To climb the highest peaks in the world we need oxygen…
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30 June 2017 / Life
The art of mimicry: what creatures do to survive…
In nature, the struggle for survival is a daily battle, especially if you are smaller or slower than your possible…
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21 June 2017 / Life
Biodiversity: the largest seed bank in the world in the ice
Inside a mountain of ice, a thousand kilometres from the North Pole, hundreds of thousands of seeds, the fruit of…
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25 January 2017 / Life
Microbiota: the human body is a home for bacteria
As well as allowing us to conduct our everyday lives, our body is home to a huge number of organisms,…
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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…
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17 December 2015 / Life
The perfection of the snail
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Plants and bacteria giving new "light" to off grid communities
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CO2 “eating” trees
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CO2 “eating” trees
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CO2 “eating” trees
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