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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.…
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8 March 2022 / Life
8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.
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27 February 2022 / Life
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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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Spider lullaby
There are spiders that weave a classic web, that one we all know, to catch prey. There are others who…
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Double blow to dinosaurs
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8 March 2022 / Life
8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.
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27 February 2022 / Life
In search of the riders of icebergs
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18 December 2021 / Life
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