Bug-killing fungi have been known since 1835 , when the entomologist Agostino Bassi realized that the muscardine disease then turning legions of Italy 's silkworms into white mummies was caused by a fungus that could penetrate their shells .
Agostino Bassi /people/person/nationality Italy
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Agostino Bassi
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Italy
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