We introduce “anamorphic” cosmology, an approach for explaining the smoothness and flatness of the universe on large scales and the generation of a nearly scale-invariant spectrum of adiabatic density perturbations. The defining feature is a smoothing phase that acts like a contracting universe based on some Weyl frame-invariant criteria and an expanding universe based on other frame-invariant ...

During spring 2011, some fungal isolates were recovered from sterilized soil (Fig. 1, A) or vermiculite, in pots and flats in greenhouses in Shiraz University, using malt extract agar and potato dextrose agar (Fig. 1, B). Anamorphic characteristics such as conidiophores and conidia were investigated. Conidiophores 125–1350 × 7.5–15 µm, hyaline, erect, broad, septate, branched once, twice (Fig. ...

during april 2013, branches of oak (quercus brantii lindl.) with fungal infection were collected from kohkiluyeh and buyer ahmad province of iran. laboratory survey indicated acervuli on the samples of oak dead twigs (3mm diameter). acervuli immersed in bark, were scattered, small (500µm), flat to subconical, 3-4 angled gray to black, hymenium labyrinthiform, pale grey, finally smeared over wit...

In the course of our continuing search for new fungal metabolites with antibacterial properties we isolated new bislactones, acremonol (1) and acremodiol (2) (Fig. 1). In this paper we describe the isolation and structural elucidation of 1 and 2 by ESI-MS, FAB-MS and NMR spectroscopy. The new bislactones 1 and 2 possess structures related to grahamimycin1) and the colletodiol family2,3). For th...

Cultures of the anamorphic fungus Bjerkandera adusta CCBAS 930 decolorizing, in stationary cultures, 0.01 % solutions of carminic acid and Poly R-478, were characterised by a strong increase in the activity of the horseradish peroxidase (HRP-like) and manganese-dependent peroxidase (MnP) at a low activity of lignin peroxidase. Genotypically modified mutants of B. adusta CCBAS 930: 930-5 and 930...

Fungi in the genus Escovopsis are known only from the fungus gardens of attine ants. Previous work has established that these anamorphic fungi, allied with the Hypocreales, are specialized and potentially virulent parasites of the ancient mutualism between attine ants and their fungal cultivars. It is unclear whether the primary nutrient source for the pathogen is the mutualist fungal cultivar ...

Dead wood is an important habitat for both fungi and insects, two enormously diverse groups that contribute to forest biodiversity. Unlike the myriad of studies on fungus–insect relationships, insect communities ascomycete sporocarps are less explored, particularly those in hidden habitats such as underneath bark. Here, I present my observations community dynamics Biscogniauxia spp. oak dead fr...

Studies of fungi and fungus- like organisms in the northeastern Poland have mainly concentrated on running waters in the vicinity of Białystok, including the Horodnianka River. The main objective was to investigate biodiversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms which take part in decomposition of organic matter commonly found in inland waters. To obtain a complete picture of species compositio...