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    oxymoronic sounding upon first glance. However, the poem Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath paints a picture of a story about exactly that, doing so through a subtle metaphor and simple but powerful visual imagery. Though a poem about the oppression of a group of people, it does not tell a story of despair. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, speaking instead of an uprising of a different sort, of a hope as modest as the mushrooms themselves. Mushrooms may seem at first like a very peculiar thing to base an

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    also called magic mushroom is actually produce by mushrooms. Indeed, the drug called Psilocybin is mostly extracted from the Mexican mushrooms and other different species of mushrooms. It was first discovered in several countries in Central America and was first used for religion ceremonies more than thousand years ago. Nowadays, the psilocybin is used as a recreational drug which can be injected or swallowed because it is accessible in different forms such as dried mushrooms, powder in capsules

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    2.5. Identification of fungal isolates by sequencing the ITS region For DNA extraction, the fungus was grown in a 250 mL flask containing 50 mL of liquid ME medium for 7 days. Mycelium was harvested by vacuum filtration, washed with sterile Milli-Q water, and lyophilized. Then 2.5 ml of HSE solution (10 mM HEPES, pH 6.9, 0.5 M sucrose and 20 mM EDTA, pH 8.0) and 250 μl of 10% sodium dodecyl sulphate were added to 0.1 g of the powdered mycelium. After incubation at 65 °C for 15 min, 2.5 ml of TEA

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    Bioluminescence in Fungi

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    Bioluminescence in Fungi INTRODUCTION What is Bioluminescence? The current paper main focus is on bioluminescent Fungi but the basic features of bioluminescence discussed are common to all bioluminescent organisms. Bioluminescence is simply light created by living organisms. Probably the most commonly known example of bioluminescence by North Americans is the firefly, which lights its abdomen during its mating season to communicate with potential mates. This bioluminescent ability occurs in

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    Introduction Mushrooms are a good cash crop. It is easy to grow and is brimming with protein, B vitamins and minerals. They even have medicinal properties. Time between spawning and harvesting can be as short as three weeks. Furthermore, after the cultivation, you can still use the substrate as a good soil conditioner. Generally the oyster, shiitake and wood ear mushrooms cultivated .Although many other types of mushrooms can be grown, we have chosen oyster the ones that can easily be cultivated

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    Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 1. Company Background 2 1.1 Establishment 2 1.2 General Objective 3 1.3 Award and Success 3 2. Market of ECOVATIVE Product in Bangladesh 3 3. Marketing Mix analysis 4 3.1 Product 4 4. Mushroom Surfboards 6 3.2 Price 6 3.3 Place 7 3.4 Promotion 8 4. Production cost analysis 8 Reference 9 Executive Summary The project focuses on a company ECOVATIVE that is producing bio-friendly plastics those help to fulfill the human demand as well as save the environment

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    The Kingdom Animalia that is where a little coral known commonly as Mushroom Coral or scientifically known as Fungia is located. The region the are found in Western Central Pacific, in New Guinea, the Philippines, Papua, The Indo-West Pacific, the Northwest Pacific in Taiwan and from the Gulf of Alden to Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean. The Coral comes in an array of colors, if you can imagine a color the Mushroom Coral most likely comes in that color. This means it can blend in with any type

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    A crime is “an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the state or federal governments” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Violent crimes, such as murder, rape, and robbery, have been on a steady incline since 2010. According to reports, there were an estimated 1,197,704 violent crimes committed around the nation in 2015. Among those, 15,696 were murder. When most people think of murder, they believe it happens, police investigate, the killer is found and thrown in prison. However, this is not

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    Fungi Lab

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    matter. Most fungi obtain their food from dead organic matter and thus considered saprophytes, however, a relatively small percentage called parasites derive their food from other living organisms. Fungi may be unicellular (yeasts) or multicellular (mushrooms) and their cell walls usually contain chitin. They may produce sexually or asexually by means of spores. They are major factor in food deterioration however; benefits include the aid in production of pharmaceuticals, food, and drink (Royse, 2003)

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    Mushroom Varieties and Their Uses By Sylvia Rieman | Submitted On February 06, 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Sylvia Rieman Mushrooms are a unique source of food and come in infinite

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