Alessandro Properzi

• LS-Scienze della Natura e dell'Ambiente
• University of Perugia

The Authors present a list of marshy and wet vegetation described or present in Italy included in the Magnocaricetalia Pignati 1953 Order (Phragmito-Magnocaricetea Klika in Klika et Novák 1941 Class) focusing on nomenclatural, floristic, physiognomic and ecological traits reported by Authors in the examined literature.

Truffles (Tuber spp.) belong to the fruiting bodies of certain hypogeous ascomycetes, which may grow in ectomycorrhizal symbioses with specified shrub and tree species. Some truffles, notably Tuber melanosporum and T. aestivum, form ‘burnt’ area, also known as ‘burn’ or ‘brûlé’ around their symbiotic hosts. Increasingly focused interest has been ce...

WetVegEurope is a research project (www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/wetveg) whose goal is to provide a synthesized formalized classification of the aquatic and marsh vegetation across Europe at the level of phytosociological associations. In order to achieve the project objective, a WetVegEurope database has been created (GIVD ID: EU-00-020, http://w...

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This study reports results relating to the identification of wood samples from pile dwellings discovered during the archaeological excavation of the Middle-Final Late Bronze Age pile dwelling of San Savino (Lake Trasimeno, PG, Italy). Anatomical descriptions and identification of 16 wooden piles were performed by microscopic evaluation. In this st...

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The decline of the common reed, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel (Poaceae) has been observed in many European countries, including Italy, and primarily ascribed to the die-back syndrome. Several biotic and abiotic factors have been implicated in P. australis decline, the biotic factors including toxins produced by plant pathogens such a...

The decline of the common reed, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel (Poaceae) has been observed in many European countries, including Italy, and primarily ascribed to the die-back syndrome. Several biotic and abiotic factors have been implicated in P. australis decline, the biotic factors including toxins produced by plant pathogens such a...

Presentation of case: Essential oils and their volatile constituents have been widely used since the middle ages, to prevent and treat human disease. They have been widely used for bactericidal, fungicidal, antioxidant, allelochemical, medicinal, cosmetic applications, pharmaceutical, sanitary, cosmetic, agricultural and food industries. They conta...