Ability of ectomycorrhizal fungi to utilize starch and related substrates |
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Authors: | Akira Ohta |
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Affiliation: | (1) Shiga Forest Research Center, Kitasakura, Yasu-cho, 520-23 Shiga, Japan |
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Abstract: | Basidiomycetous fungi of 55 strains of 33 species in 15 genera which are thought to be ectomycorrhizal were grown on starch and related substrates as a sole carbon source, and their ability to utilize these substrates was determined. Mycellial weights of the fungi grown on agar media containing starch and amylose varied between the strains from 1.1 to 94.9 mg/flask and from 0.4 to 93.3mg/flask, respectively. Mycelial growth rates ranged from 0 to 1.17 mm/d on barley grain medium and from 0 to 2.03 mm/d on rice grain medium; the highest rate corresponded to about half of the average of reference wood-rotting fungi. Most of the mycorrhizal fungi that grew well on amylose gave higher growth rates on barley. Several strains inLyophyllum, Hebeloma, Sarcodon, andTricholoma grew well on both glucose and starch media. |
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Keywords: | amylose barley ectomycorrhizal fungi mycelial growth starch |
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