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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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26 October 2019 / Life
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3 June 2019 / Life
Pollination, a perfect alliance between plants and animals
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15 May 2019 / Life
The Piltdown Man, or the most famous hoax ever
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8 March 2019 / Life
8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.
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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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10 May 2020 / Life
A virus’s life
What are viruses Virus is a Latin word meaning poison. Viruses do not eat, breathe, move or reproduce on their…
29 February 2020 / Life
Let's find out about viruses
Parasites at the edge of life Virus is a Latin word meaning poison. Viruses are pathogens (they make you ill)…
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31 October 2019 / 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…
26 October 2019 / 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…
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1 September 2019 / 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…
3 June 2019 / Life
Pollination, a perfect alliance between plants and animals
Firmly rooted in soil, over the course of their evolution plants have had to develop biological mechanisms for feeding and…
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15 May 2019 / Life
The Piltdown Man, or the most famous hoax ever
Flat Earth, toxic vaccines, alien invasions, chemtrails… Scientific hoaxes run rife on the web since social networks came into being.…
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:…
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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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10 May 2020 / Life
A virus’s life
What are viruses Virus is a Latin word meaning poison. Viruses do not eat, breathe, move or reproduce on their…
-
29 February 2020 / Life
Let's find out about viruses
Parasites at the edge of life Virus is a Latin word meaning poison. Viruses are pathogens (they make you ill)…
-
31 October 2019 / 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…
-
26 October 2019 / 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…
-
1 September 2019 / 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…
-
3 June 2019 / Life
Pollination, a perfect alliance between plants and animals
Firmly rooted in soil, over the course of their evolution plants have had to develop biological mechanisms for feeding and…
-
15 May 2019 / Life
The Piltdown Man, or the most famous hoax ever
Flat Earth, toxic vaccines, alien invasions, chemtrails… Scientific hoaxes run rife on the web since social networks came into being.…
-
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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