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Tullio Simoncini (1951 – May 20, 2024) is a former Italian physician known for alternative medicine advocacy. He is known for the claim that cancer is caused by the fungus Candida albicans, and has argued that cancer is a form of candida overgrowth.
Cystotheca lanestris, the live oak witch's broom fungus, is a species of mildew that infects buds and induces stem galls called witch's brooms on oak trees in California, Arizona, and Mexico in North America. [2] [3] Witch's brooms are "abnormal clusters of shoots that are thickened, elongated, and highly branched."
Malassezia is the sole genus in family Malasseziaceae, which is the only family in order Malasseziales, itself the single member of class Malasseziomycetes. [17]Due to progressive changes in their nomenclature, some confusion exists about the naming and classification of Malassezia yeast species.
Lamar is located in central Barton County adjacent to a bend in the North Fork Spring River and lies on US Route 160 just east of US Route 71. [ 10 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.43 square miles (14.06 km 2 ), of which 5.12 square miles (13.26 km 2 ) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.80 km 2 ) is ...
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.
Aspergillus (/ ˌ æ s p ər ˈ dʒ ɪ l ə s /) is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide.. Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli.
Malassezia furfur is a fungus that lives on the superficial layers of the dermis.It generally exists as a commensal organism forming a natural part of the human skin microbiota, but it can gain pathogenic capabilities when morphing from a yeast to a hyphal form during its life cycle, through unknown molecular changes. [2]
The white and fairly thick stipe [7] measures 6–40 cm (2–16 in) high by 1–2.5 cm (1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) in diameter and has a loose ring near the bottom. [6] [7] Microscopically, the mushroom lacks pleurocystidia. The spore print is black-brown and the spores measure 10–13 by 6.5–8 μm. The flesh is white and the taste mild. [8]