Title: Comparative study of environmental and nutritional factors on the mycelial growth of edible mushrooms.
Abstract:Mushrooms are usually fleshy fungi belonging to either basidiomycota or
ascomycota. The optimal culture conditions for the mycelial growth of
371 strains belonging to 9 species of edible mushrooms wer...Mushrooms are usually fleshy fungi belonging to either basidiomycota or
ascomycota. The optimal culture conditions for the mycelial growth of
371 strains belonging to 9 species of edible mushrooms were
investigated. The temperature suitable for the mycelial growth was
found to be 25 oC and optimal range of temperature was 20~30
oC. Mushrooms have a broad pH range (5~9) for their mycelial
growth but mostly favorable pH was between pH 6 and 7. Hamada, Lilly,
PDA and YM were the most appropriate nutrient media whereas Czapek Dox,
Hoppkins and Hennerberg were the most unsuitable for radial mycelial
growth of mushrooms. Among 10 different carbon sources, dextrin,
fructose and sucrose were the best while lactose and galactose were the
most unfavorable ones. In carbon sources, mycelial density was found to
vary from compact to somewhat compact. The most suitable nitrogen
sources for mycelial growth were glycine, ammonium acetate and calcium
nitrate whereas the most unsuitable were histidine and ammonium
phosphate. In case of glycine, mycelial density was found to vary from
nearly compact to compact but in the rest of nitrogen sources the
mycelial density was rather thin.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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