Extreme-Fungi and the Benefits of A Stressing Life

Laura Selbmann^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy. selbmann@unitus.it.
² Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA), Mycological Section, 16166 Genoa, Italy. selbmann@unitus.it.

Editorial

Laura Selbmann. Life (Basel). 2019.

. 2019 Mar 27;9(2):31.

doi: 10.3390/life9020031.

Laura Selbmann^{1

2}

¹ Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy. selbmann@unitus.it.
² Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA), Mycological Section, 16166 Genoa, Italy. selbmann@unitus.it.

Abstract

A stress-free condition is considered for humans to be related to relaxation or happiness [...].

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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