The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Habitat preferences of Hericium erinaceus in Slovakia" (Kunca and Čiliak, 2016) [FUNECO607] [2]. The dataset include all available and unpublished data from Slovakia, besides the records from the same tree or stem. We compiled a database of records of collections by processing data from herbaria, personal records a...

We provide the first annotated checklist of ophiuroids from the continental shelf of the State of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. Identification keys and taxonomic diagnoses for 23 species, belonging to 14 genera and 8 families, are provided. The material is deposited in the Invertebrate Collection Paulo Young, at the Federal University of Paraíba. Ophiopsila hartmeyeri represents the first recor...

The objective of the research was to study histological peculiarities spleen structure East European hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor Linnaeus, 1758) in postnatal ontogenesis. For our investigation, 5 animals each age group were selected; so 20 hedgehogs studied order determine extramedullary hematopoiesis. Terminology described structures used compliance with International Histological Nomenclatur...

This paper clarifies the status of the species of the genus Markia White, 1862, also providing new distribution data. It describes M. erinaceus from Peru, M. arizae n.sp. from the Amazonian foothills of Colombia and Ecuador, M. sarriai n.sp. from the Colombian Biogeographic Chocó, M. espinachi n.sp. from Costa Rica; as well as the true male of M. major (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878), clarifying ...

The Lion’s Mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) has been reported to support the function and health of the nervous system and has been the subject of several studies investigating the use of various compounds contained in the mushroom for the treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases, declines in cognitive function and injuries to the spine and nervous system. This mushroom has been highly...