Ascomycetes in Colour by Peter I. Thompson illustrates with colour photographs 700 species from the ascomycota. This book provides the field mycologist with a reference guide for locating and ...
The Ascomycota,formerly known as the Ascomycetae, or Ascomycetes, are a Division of Fungi, whose members are commonly known as the Sac Fungi, which produce spores in a distinctive type of microscopic ...
The genes that determine fungal mating type are located at one or more complex loci, known as the mating type loci. Typical of these loci is that the DNA sequence is highly polymorphic. The term ...
Pyrenula sanguinea Aptroot, M. Cáceres & Lücking is described from branches of trees in Amazonian rain forest in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. It is characterized by bright red, pseudostromatic ...
Up until 2016, lichen was thought to be a partnership between one alga and one fungus, the classic symbiotic relationship. Then came the observation than in fact lichen harbors two types of fungi—an ...
Your feet are microbial hotspots. The area between your toes is packed with sweat glands, and when we wrap our feet in socks and shoes, we trap that moisture in a warm, humid cocoon that's ideal for ...
A study by the Mycology and Environmental Microbiology Unit of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili has identified new species of fungi that may cause infections or diseases in people and animals. Carried ...