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Virus Goodwill from BioStim
With all the bad news in the world, I want to do something positive. As a local small business, we are feeling the strain as well. If you have received the government stimulus or have a few extra dollars, we hope to entice you to make a purchase. For the next week, we will include…
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By the way, what actually are ‘saprophytes’?
Saprophytic plants, literally, are plants that live of rotting material (sapros = rotting, and phyton = plant in Greek), but in fact, no plant have been found yet which can use dead organic material for food directly.Anyway, these plants have no chlorophyll in their cells, which means they are unable to assimilate carbon by themselves.…
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Achlorophyllous plants
Achlorophyllous plants are puzzling! They are always characterized by remarkable reductions concerning root, shoot and leaf structure and sometimes even hardly resemble a flowering plant. It is no wonder that they are often collected by mycologists! Here some basic information: Since assimilation of carbohydrates through photosynthesis without chlorophyll is impossible (as far as we know)…
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Orchids and Fungi
by Ian St George Sentences like “In vesicular-orbuscular mycorrhizas, the mycobiont undergoes pronounced alterations in morphogenesis involving appressoriuin formation, (and) arbuscule development…” leave the amateur gasping for breath. This is a complex subject with its own expert language: fortunately writers like Warcup and Perkins from Australia demonstrate the ability to convey complex information simply. Fungi…
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