Francisco Calaça

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How to evaluate how long dung is stable to act as a suitable substrate to coprophilous fungi growth?

Thanks for any contribution! Francisco.

09 September 2018 2,151 3 View

How to choose a good culture medium to grow fungi in laboratory?

Hi to all! How to choose a good culture medium to grow fungi in laboratory? I'd like to know which medium is recommended to growth of saprophytic fungi for isolation and enzymatic activity...

05 May 2018 4,064 22 View

How sensitive are the methods of estimating fungal richness?

Dear colleagues, herein some points that I would like some discussion and, if possible, some answers in regards to global fungal richness estimates: The question of how many species of Fungi...

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Why ITS and 18S rRNA to fungal diversity?

Dear all, please, I would like to know, if someone could to define it to me, why, thinking in molecular sense, was choosen the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 18S rRNA to access fungal...

01 January 2018 6,818 7 View

What do you think about use of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE)?

What do you think about use of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) for evaluation of structure of fungal communities? I think that technic is a good tool for understanding of...

11 November 2017 6,752 2 View

Saprophytic fungi in litter?

Which the most suitable primer set to applied in PCR technique to evaluate communities of saprophytic fungi that grow on standing litter? Do you know any paper about this?

11 November 2016 1,030 4 View

I would like to know which primer systems is most indicated to discribe and characterize arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities in soil?

Once studies (e.g. Kohout et al. 2014) have shown strong bias towards the Glomeraceae in the LSU and SSU primer systems and some differences in the composition of AMF communities based on the...

08 August 2016 3,555 24 View

Does anyone, here, studied ecological aspects of mycorrhizae in Cerrado soils of Brazil? Can you send me that paper?

Thank you in advance.

06 June 2016 5,503 2 View

Where and how to publish in mycology?

Dear all, I’m looking for options to publish in Mycology (specific or non-specific Journals on Mycology). In 2011, Hyde and KoKo published a very interesting and applicable paper entitled “Where...

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