Structure and Life cycle of a Mushroom
Mushrooms are multicellular fungi which generally grow in moist, humid and dark places, on rotten logs of wood, tree trunks, soil rich in organic matter, […]
Mycology
How to identify poisonous mushrooms?
A variety of mushrooms are found naturally growing on rotten logs of wood, dead barks of trees, fallow lands, forest beds, animal excreta etc. They […]
Mucormycosis (The black fungus infection): Causal agents and their morphology, Pathogenesis, Clinical manifestations, Diagnosis, Treatment and Preventive management
The term mucormycosis (also called zygomycosis) is used to refer to the opportunistic infections caused by a number of molds belonging to the Order Mucorales […]
Candida albicans (Morphology, Pathogenesis, Clinical manifestations, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Control)
Candida albicans is an endogenous opportunist that is capable of causing opportunistic mycoses. It is a normal flora of the skin, mucous membranes, and gastro-intestinal […]
Kingdom Mycota or Fungi: General characteristics and classification
Kingdom Mycota consists of eukaryotic organisms. Fungi exist in two fundamental forms; multicellular, filamentous or hyphal form (molds) and unicellular or budding form (yeast). They […]
Germ tube formation test (Principle, Procedure, Result Interpretation and Limitations)
Germ tube is a young hypha (short, non-nucleated and non-septate) growing out of a yeast cell or spore (in spore-releasing fungi) during their germination. They […]