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POLYOLS IN SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE
Author(s) -
Niederpruem Donald J.,
Hunt Stephen
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1967.tb06915.x
Subject(s) - schizophyllum commune , mycelium , dikaryon , basidiospore , biology , arabitol , spore , basidiomycota , mannitol , germination , botany , fructose , biochemistry , fermentation , xylitol
Sugars and sugar alcohols present in extracts of the wood‐rotting mushroom Schizophyllum commune were identified by paper chromatography during fruiting, basidiospore germination, and growth of vegetative mycelium. Homokaryotic fruitbodies and dikaryotic fruits derived from several compatible matings of S. commune contained mannitol and arabitol. Basidiospores shed from dikaryotic fruits also contained mannitol and arabitol while the latter disappeared during spore germination. Vegetative mycelium (strain 699) contained glucose, fructose, mannitol and glycerol while these compounds as well as arabitol occurred in mycelium of strain 845. Polyols are not, therefore, associated exclusively with the sporulation process in S. commune.