IN your review of Dr. Pringsheim's “Jahrbücher” (NATURE, vol. xiii. p. 156) you refer to Dr. Max Reess' paper on the Fertilisation of the Basidiomycetes; this paper you compare with the ...

ANALYSIS of the fatty acids of the mycelial lipids of a range of fungi, including basidiomycetes, grown in submerged culture on a defined medium has been described1. The fatty acids of some ...

Typical mushrooms, basidiomycetes, can’t live in standing water, there isn’t enough oxygen. Ascomycetes however can breathe — metabolise glucose — in low oxygen conditions and so thrive in ...