Slender and fragile rhizomorphs dense masses of hyphae that form root-like structures grow horizontally 2.5-5 cm below the soil surface.
This, he hoped, would provide vital income for one of the world's least developed economies, and spare Bhutan's fragile culture the mass backpacker tourism so invasive in nearby Nepal.
Today people are mainly fleeing fragile states characterised by mass violence.
The most difficult pieces to move are oddly shaped solid masses with fragile surfaces.
These remarkable, fragile, clay mouldings were mass-produced at the time, and some of those on display here retain much of their original brightly-coloured paint - though nothing like as bright and vivid as anything you'll see up at the Louisiana by Mr Lichtenstein.
The Fragile Families Challenge, an ongoing mass research collaboration that uses "big data" collected as part of Princeton University's Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, is attempting to answer just that.
The hard fact of aging is the body's decline of function: Muscles lose strength and mass, bones become fragile, the heart beats slower, and brain function becomes impaired before death.
Osteoporosis is a chronic bone disease characterized by a decreased bone mass leading to fragile bone and an increased risk for fractures, notably hip, vertebral, and forearm fractures, which are the source of a loss of autonomy and increased mortality in the elderly. 2 Suppression or control of bone resorption is therefore a major therapeutic strategy to prevent or diminish bone loss.
Another possibility is that patients with a low muscle mass are more fragile and susceptible to medical events [ 24], leading to a higher incidence of chemotherapy-related toxicity [ 25] and to suboptimal treatment (delay, reduction or interruption of chemotherapy) [ 24], both potential contributors to reduced survival [ 26].
Tomorrow Apple is going to announce the iPhone 7, another fragile pretty thing that the masses are going to go crazy for.
