Mycology Euripides (480-406 B.C.). The Greek philosopher Theophrastos of Eresos (371-288 B.C.) was perhaps the first to try to systematically classify plants; mushrooms were considered to be plants missing certain organs. It was later Pliny the Elder (23–79 A.D.), who wrote about truffles in his encyclopedia "Naturalis historia". The word "mycology" comes from the Greek: μύκης ("mukēs"), meaning "fungus" and the suffix ("-logia"), meaning "study". The Middle Ages saw little advancement in the body of knowledge about fungi. Rather, the invention of the printing press allowed some authors to disseminate superstitions and misconceptions about the fungi that had been perpetuated by
Institute of Marine Biology provides the scientific expertise, improves the methods of protection and management of ecosystems and its sustainable development. The Institute provides training of scientific personnel by the post-graduate and post-doc studies on the hydrobiological and zoological specialisations. Institute of Marine Biology The Institute of Marine Biology is a research institute of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, which located in Odessa, Ukraine. The institute is organized on the base of the Odessa Branch of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas. The institute was established in December 21, 1953 as the Odessa Biological Station of the Institute of hydrobiology