Agaricales is an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes (phylum Basidiomycota, kingdom Fungi). It is one of the most diverse orders of the phylum Basidiomycota. Traditionally, agarics were classified based on the presence of gills (thin sheets of spore-bearing cells, or basidia) and mushroom-shaped fruiting bodies. Some other conspicuous …
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Endomycetales with Emphasis on Saccharomycetaceae
Endomycetales is an order of ascomycetous fungi having ascus (pl. asci) developing from a zygote or single cell. One of the families of Endomycetales is Saccharomycetaceae and the members of this family are commonly known as Yeasts. Systematic Position Phylum Ascomycota Class Ascomycetes Order Endomycetales Ascus (pl. asci) developing from …
Read More »Basidiomycetes: Characteristics & Classification
The fungi comprising the phylum Basidiomycota commonly are known as basidiomycetes. It is a large phylum that includes forms commonly known as mushrooms, boletes, puffballs, earthstars, stinkhorns, birds-nest fungi, jelly fungi, bracket or shelf fungi, and rust and smut fungi. Salient features Habit and habitat Both parasite and saprophytic. Some …
Read More »Ascomycetes: Characteristics & Classification
Good to know The imperfect stage of Penicillium in which it passes most part of its life cycle is sclerotium. One celled ascomycetes is Saccharomyces cerevisae. One celled lower fungi is Synchytrium endobioticum. Ascomyectes- Powdery mildew. Basidiomycetes- Usually no sexual reproduction. Deuteromycetes- Imperfect fungi. Imperfect stage- Asexual reproduction…anamorphic fungi…mitosporic …
Read More »Economic Botany
This article is written using many tables and about hundred of pictures of plants. As, adding individual photos in this article would increase the gallery size of this website which might turn ‘Plantlet’ slow, we are uploading the MS Word file here so that you can download it and read …
Read More »Cell Division: Types, Stages & Processes
All living things, including human beings, are made up of cells. Some organisms have only one cell during their whole lifespan by which they carry out all the physiological processes they require to survive. These are called unicellular organisms (e.g. bacteria, yeast etc.). But there are also many other organisms …
Read More »কার্জনহলের রত্মরা
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের কার্জন হল, এই নামটার সাথে জড়িয়ে আছে না বলা অনেক স্মৃতি। যখনই ঢাকা শহরের এই যন্ত্রচালিত জীবন অসহ্য মনে হয়, অসহ্য মনে হয় যানযট, সবুজের জন্য খা খা করে মন তখনই এই কার্জনহলে এসে নিজেকে তৃপ্ত মনে হয়। যারা ক্যাম্পাসে সারাদিনই ক্লাস, ল্যাব, মিড, প্রেজেন্টেশন নিয়ে দৌড়ে ক্লান্ত …
Read More »Some Basic Concept of Angiosperm Taxonomy: Essential To Know
Plants are closely associated with human. If we want to use plants for the greatest behoofs for human life and their next generation, it is obligate to perceive about plants and their types. Angiosperms represents the largest as well as the most successful group of plants within the plant kingdom. …
Read More »Defense Against Disease : Active And Passive Immunity
We now want to tell in detail something that was too important for our immune system. Our ability to defend ourselves against infection by pathogens (disease-causing organisms). We have seen that some people experience few or no symptoms when exposed to certain infectious diseases. Even though a person may be …
Read More »Enzyme & Their Substrates: Mode of Action
Enzymes are protein molecules that can be defined as biological catalysts. A catalyst is, “A molecule which speeds up a chemical reaction but remains unchanged at the end of the reaction“.Virtually every metabolic reaction which takes place within a living organism is catalyzed by an enzyme and enzymes are therefore …
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