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  2. Fungus - Wikipedia

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    A fungus (pl.: fungi [3] or funguses ... The number of new fungi species discovered yearly has increased from 1,000 to 1,500 per year about 10 years ago, to about ...

  3. David Gruby - Wikipedia

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    Gruby also discovered Candida (Monilia) albicans, the cause of candidiasis, and in 1843 he described a fungus (Microsporum audouinii) that is the cause of a type of ringworm. This fungus was named after naturalist Jean Victor Audouin (1797–1842). Gruby also discovered a parasite in the blood of frogs he called Trypanosoma sanguinis.

  4. Evolution of fungi - Wikipedia

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    The earliest terrestrial fungus fossils, or at least fungus-like fossils, have been found in South China from around 635 million years ago. The researchers who reported on these fossils suggested that these fungus-like organisms may have played a role in oxygenating Earth's atmosphere in the aftermath of the Cryogenian glaciations. [3]

  5. Mycology - Wikipedia

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    Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. [1] Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and infection.

  6. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Wikipedia

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    Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as zombie-ant fungus, [2] is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859. Zombie ants, infected by the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus, are predominantly found in tropical rainforests .

  7. History of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    In 1875 John Tyndall demonstrated to the Royal Society the antibacterial action of the Penicillium fungus. [ 7 ] In 1876, German biologist Robert Koch discovered that a bacterium ( Bacillus anthracis ) was the causative pathogen of anthrax , which became the first demonstration that a specific bacterium caused a specific disease and the first ...

  8. The funky mold turning food waste into culinary delights

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    They've since discovered that combining the fungus with a wide range of ingredients provides a texture and flavor additive that can transform even the trickiest alt-protein dishes into a culinary ...

  9. Agostino Bassi - Wikipedia

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    He discovered that the muscardine disease of silkworms was caused by a living, very small, parasitic organism, a fungus that would be named eventually Beauveria bassiana in his honor. In 1844, he stated the idea that not only animal (insect), but also human diseases are caused by other living microorganisms; for example, measles , syphilis ...