International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

ISSN for PRINT: 1521-9437

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2000, Volume2

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104 pages

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Paul A. Volz
East Michigan Mycology Associates 1805 Jackson Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4039; and North Florida Mycology Associates, 4500 Silverberry Court, Jacksonville, FL 32224-6836, USA

Cantharellus cibarius, Lepista nuda, Pleurotus ostreatus, and Volvariella volvacea are four edible and medicinal species of Basidiomycetes mushrooms selected for spawn production on various seeds and other material. When dense mycelial growth and no fruiting body formation developed on spawn media, exudate production was at times quite significant and collected as droplets on the colony surface. Both C. cibarius and P. ostreatus were capable of producing exudate, which collected in liquid pools on spawn mycelium. According to spawn material selection for fungal growth, the production of diffusible hyphal waste exudate occurred suitable for testing and isolating potential antitumor and antimicrobial agents. Conditions with little to no exudate formation would possibly be less valuable to the pharmaceutical industry.

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