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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
Yeast and some fungi are unicellular organisms, but most species are multi-cellular organisms, composed of masses of filaments known as…
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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25 November 2014 / Life
Years of plastics
Waste, abandoned objects, disposed items, even though we try to ignore them, hide them and shift them, they pervade our…
3 November 2014 / Life
Conan the bacterium
Have you ever leafed through the pages of a book of Guinness World Records? You can find records of all…
7 October 2014 / Life
What language does science speak? 2nd part
There is an old proverb that says “the apple does not fall far from the tree ”. Apparently it seems…
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18 September 2014 / Life
What language does science speak?
Do you remember the game called “Chinese whispers”? All the participants had to stand in line and the game started…
2 July 2014 / Life
A hoax? No thank you, I prefer to find out myself!
In Italian, bufala: a hoax, also means a female buffalo – and a type of mozzarella cheese is made with…
31 August 2013 / Life
The Red List of Italian animals
Biodiversity in Italy Italy has a rich biodiversity due to its distinctive geographic, climatic and historical characteristics. In particular, there…
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4 April 2013 / Life
Carbon (14C) dating method
Radiocarbon dating In 1991, near the border between Austria and Italy, the body of the Similaun man, also known as…
27 September 2012 / Life
Over 7 billion people on Earth
World population hits 7 billion Demographers have estimated that on 31 October 2011 world population reached the 7 billion mark,…
11 June 2012 / Life
Bats, facts and fiction
Legend or fact? In ancient Rome, bats were nailed to the door of the house as a protection from witches…
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25 November 2014 / Life
Years of plastics
Waste, abandoned objects, disposed items, even though we try to ignore them, hide them and shift them, they pervade our…
3 November 2014 / Life
Conan the bacterium
Have you ever leafed through the pages of a book of Guinness World Records? You can find records of all…
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7 October 2014 / Life
What language does science speak? 2nd part
There is an old proverb that says “the apple does not fall far from the tree ”. Apparently it seems…
18 September 2014 / Life
What language does science speak?
Do you remember the game called “Chinese whispers”? All the participants had to stand in line and the game started…
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2 July 2014 / Life
A hoax? No thank you, I prefer to find out myself!
In Italian, bufala: a hoax, also means a female buffalo – and a type of mozzarella cheese is made with…
31 August 2013 / Life
The Red List of Italian animals
Biodiversity in Italy Italy has a rich biodiversity due to its distinctive geographic, climatic and historical characteristics. In particular, there…
25 November 2014 / Life
Years of plastics
Waste, abandoned objects, disposed items, even though we try to ignore them, hide them and shift them, they pervade our…
3 November 2014 / Life
Conan the bacterium
Have you ever leafed through the pages of a book of Guinness World Records? You can find records of all…
7 October 2014 / Life
What language does science speak? 2nd part
There is an old proverb that says “the apple does not fall far from the tree ”. Apparently it seems…
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curiosities
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The African elephant
The African elephant is the largest land animal living on our Planet. The male African elephant can reach a length…
Animal records
Long jump Snow leopard : 13 metres Springbok: 10 metres Kangaroo: 9 metres Flea: 35 cm, in other words, 220…
The biggest animal
The biggest living animal is the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). It can reach a length of 33 metres and weigh…
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Another camouflage …
In the gardens it is quite common to find the larvae of the Chrysomelidae family beetle, called lily beetle (Crioceris…
The biggest tree
The tallest tree in the world is called Hyperion . It is a Sequoia sempervirens and is 115.55 metres tall,…
The whale shark
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the biggest fish in the world, in fact it can reach a length of…
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CO2 “eating” trees
If a tree “eats” CO2 and produces oxygen it is easy to understand the importance it has in reducing the…
Green for hope
Trees carry out an important hydrogeological function: the leaves protect the soil from erosion caused by rain and the roots…
The tree and the truffle
Truffles are hypogean (underground) fungi which grow in the presence of particular trees such as oaks, holm oaks and willows,…
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The African elephant
The African elephant is the largest land animal living on our Planet. The male African elephant can reach a length…
Animal records
Long jump Snow leopard : 13 metres Springbok: 10 metres Kangaroo: 9 metres Flea: 35 cm, in other words, 220…
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The biggest animal
The biggest living animal is the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). It can reach a length of 33 metres and weigh…
Another camouflage …
In the gardens it is quite common to find the larvae of the Chrysomelidae family beetle, called lily beetle (Crioceris…
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The biggest tree
The tallest tree in the world is called Hyperion . It is a Sequoia sempervirens and is 115.55 metres tall,…
The whale shark
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the biggest fish in the world, in fact it can reach a length of…
The African elephant
The African elephant is the largest land animal living on our Planet. The male African elephant can reach a length…
Animal records
Long jump Snow leopard : 13 metres Springbok: 10 metres Kangaroo: 9 metres Flea: 35 cm, in other words, 220…
The biggest animal
The biggest living animal is the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). It can reach a length of 33 metres and weigh…