Essays Tagged: "Fungus"

Army Ants. Comparision between army ants and U.S. Army.

quote made by Lewis Thomas, 'Ants are so much like human beings as to be anembarrassment. They farm fungus, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, usechemical sprays to alarm and confuse e ...

(3 pages) 137 3 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

LSD

spite popular belief.LSD stands for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide. Lysergic acid is extracted from the fungus Ergot, and then left to crystallize until it is pure. It was first accidentally discovered by ...

(3 pages) 68 1 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Fungus

a good report on the different kinds of fungus -The kingdom of Fungi contains single-celled and multicellular organisms that absorb nutrient ... ls called septa. Hyphae grow by branching and elongating. When there is an abundance of hyphae, the fungus forms into a larger structure such as mushrooms or puffballs. Some fungi form spherical masse ... st common way of fungi to reproduce. Spores are tiny particles of protoplasm within walls. A single fungus may produce from several million to several trillion spores. Spores are formed in two ways, t ...

(2 pages) 47 1 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Fungi

nd locomotion.Most fungi is made up of delicate filamentous tubes called hyphae. In many species of fungus, performed walls, or septa, divide the hyphae into cells. Protoplasm flows through the openin ... Hyphae elongates from the bottom tip of the fungi. The collection of hyphae is called mycelium.Most fungus reproduce by spores, which is small particles of protoplasm enclosed in walls. The common mus ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Fungi

a good report on fungus -The kingdom of Fungi contains single-celled and multicellular organisms that absorb nutrient ... ls called septa. Hyphae grow by branching and elongating. When there is an abundance of hyphae, the fungus forms into a larger structure such as mushrooms or puffballs. Some fungi form spherical masse ... st common way of fungi to reproduce. Spores are tiny particles of protoplasm within walls. A single fungus may produce from several million to several trillion spores. Spores are formed in two ways, t ...

(2 pages) 76 1 5.0 Jan/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Burning Times - European Witch Trials - Its Social Effects On Women

are of things I had no previous knowledge of. Before organized religion took root and spread like a fungus throughout Europe, women had a high status in much of that continent, in areas of healing, mi ...

(3 pages) 117 0 2.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This is a somewhat brief description of fungi, it's reproductive system, and how it obtains nutrients.

Hello, and welcome to the wonderful world of fungi, when most people think of a fungus they think of what? Mold, itchy feet, and that nasty green stuff on a month old sandwich. How ... to the brim with dead bodies, old food, and all sorts of other biological matter.On the other hand fungus has quite a large negative case against it. Most species of fungi only cause allergies to fla ... gies to flare up, however some can cause serious health issues and even death. Absidia is a type of fungus that grows in your lungs, sinus cavity, eyes, and even on you brain, and causes mucorosis. Sy ...

(3 pages) 45 0 3.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Exploring the Relation Between LSD and Serotonin in the Brain.

nthetic hallucinogen that is derived from lysergic acid, a chemical foundwhich is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains ("LSD"). LSD wasaccidentally discovered in 1938 by German ...

(9 pages) 153 1 3.9 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

This is a research seminar summary about Fungal Pathogenesis and explains some physiological pathogenic characteristics in fungi.

fungi change form based on temperature to get around barriers. If a person inhales for example, the fungus goes under dimorphism to change its form and adapt to the host's temperature levels.There are ... in the host and just by the sheer growth of hyphal growth. The Cryptococcus Neoformans is a deadly fungus that travels to the brain were it starts growing (example of accidental damage), forcing the ...

(2 pages) 28 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

What did the remains of Ötzi reveal about the lifestyle of Bronze Age People?

travelling and he had a quiver full of arrows. The final objects found on the Iceman were two birch fungus and a container of charcoal. It is well known that birch fungus contains antibiotic substance ... g and developing. They had the mental capacity to create a pouch for travel and survival. The birch fungus used for medicinal or even maybe recreational purposes reveals that Bronze Age people were de ...

(6 pages) 31 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Chinese domestic mobile phone companies to compete with international brand mobile phone companies

DNINGBO BIRD CO., LTD. was founded in Oct. 1992 with registered capital 160 million RMB. It lies in Fungus City, Zhe jiang Province. Its main product is mobile phone, PDA, system equipment and so on. ...

(12 pages) 253 1 4.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

The importance of fungi in our world

he food. The nutrients are then released into the environment to be used by other organisms and the fungus itself. The nutrients are then returned to the environment as nitrogen and phosphorus. Fungi ... forest trees are unable to absorb minerals from soil. Lichen is a mutualistic association between a fungus and either a green alga or a cyanobacterium. The fungus absorbs water and other nutrients fro ...

(3 pages) 44 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Stevie Smith once commented that the people in her poems do not feel at home in this world. With reference to three poems, discuss this aspect of Smith's poetry.

s such as "fungoid" contributes to such an unpleasant image, for it is as if her soul is ill with a fungus and dying as the world "blight" suggests. This imagery is extended with the idea of how some ...

(5 pages) 40 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Biology Report of Fungus: Baker's Yeast

Biology Report: Plants:Baker's YeastBy Sterling Haws1. What Is Yeast?Yeast is simple fungus. The term "yeast" refers more to a life-style than to a phylogenetic classification. Yeast re ...

(3 pages) 46 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Paper is about truffles(mushroom used for cooking), where they originated, different types used in cooking.

idered a delicacy and are very hard to come across. Truffles are grown underground which is called "Fungus Hypogee". These truffles were found back in history but was not documented. They were ...

(1 pages) 27 1 2.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Pilobolus

ative."-Charles ReinhartMr. Reinhart, in this case, was talking about Pilobolus. Not the sun-loving fungus Pilobolus, but the artistic form of modern dance that emerged in 1971. Pilobolus Dance Theatr ...

(2 pages) 22 0 4.0 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Importance of fungi and their use in genomics

fungal infections.1 Introduction1.1 History of fungal genomics:The thallophytic plant offshoot, the fungus is known to be one of the pathogenic species that cause infection in humans. Progress on fung ... pathogens and the reemergence of diseases is now the discussion on many contemplative minds (1). A fungus is an organism that lacks chlorophyll and thus is unable to photosynthesize. Consequently req ...

(10 pages) 26 0 4.3 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Why are Brown Trout being introduced into the Hudson river when the native trout, Brook Trout is already present?

began to hatch what remained of their egg shell behind in the incubators. This caused the spread of fungus which took most of our attention to clean. When the trout became larger and we were able to s ... 2). After brown trout were introduced into the same waters, 33% of brook trout were infected by the fungus Saporolegina sp. and died. Saorolegina is a mold/fungus that affects fishes that have a weake ...

(14 pages) 17 0 2.3 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Plants And Fungi

oth organisms benefit instead of just one. One example of the benefit of the plant is that when the fungus is on the roots the plant can take in more nutrients and water by the fungus attached to the ... ant can take in more nutrients and water by the fungus attached to the roots. An example of how the fungus benefits is that the fungus get carbon and a food source from the carbohydrates produced duri ...

(1 pages) 9 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Great Potato Famine

got, and what was done about it.In 1845 Phytophthora-infestons hit Ireland. This was a new type of fungus that hit very hard. The fungus came and spread so rapidly that nothing could be done. A fully ... eaf went from healthy green to sickly brown with many holes in it. But that's not all this horrible fungus had, it stayed in the soil through the off-season and the prevented farmers even trying to pl ...

(5 pages) 18 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History