Jean Mouchacca: The mycologist and Ramesses II’s mummy

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Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismaïlia 41522, Egypt.

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Finding the cause of the deterioration and arresting it were imperatives in the study. From among the wrappings, minute samples of the mummy’ chest and hair were taken for analysis. Mouchacca succeeded in identifying the destructive organism – a fungus with the splendid name Daedalea biennis (Bull.) Fr.

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