Aquatic hyphomycetes occur worldwide on a wide range of plant substrates decomposing in freshwaters, and are known to play a key role in organic matter turnover. The presumed worldwide distribution of many aquatic hyphomycete species has been based on morphology-based taxonomy and identification, which may overlook cryptic species, and mask global-scale biogeographical patterns. This might be c...

<p><em>Drosera sp. </em>is an insectivorous plant with secondary metabolites, including naphthoquinones which can be used as antibacterial agents. <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> is a bacterium that often causes nosocomial infections, such ARI. This research aims to determine the activity of four Drosera species, namely <em>D. burmannii, D. sessilifolia, capil...

The male of the gonad-infecting nematode Philometra filiformis (Stossich, 1896) (Philometridae) is for the first time described, based on specimens from the ovary of the marine fish Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus) from the Tyrrhenian Sea off Sicily, Italy. It is mainly characterized by the testis extending anteriorly nearly to the anterior end of body, the oesophagus without a usual anterior inf...

A list of the vascular flora occurring in municipality Empoli (province Firenze, Tuscany) is provided. The based on a bibliographic analysis and field studies carried out years 2018–2022. total 757 specific subspecific taxa currently occur study area (including 117 aliens), plus 51 cultivated taxa. Azolla filiculoides Lam., Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., Veronica filiformis Sm. should be considered a...