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Rhizomorph Formation in Fungi
Author(s) -
ALLERMANN K.,
SORTKJÆR O.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1973.tb01149.x
Subject(s) - alcohol , ethanol , chemistry , methanol , glycerol , ethylene glycol , armillaria mellea , butanol , propanol , organic chemistry , botany , biology
The effect on growth and rhizomorph formation of 12 alcohols (methanol, ethanol, 1‐propanol, 2‐propanol, 1‐butanol, 2‐butanol, iso‐butyl alcohol, tert‐butyl alcohol, 1‐pentanol, iso‐amyl alcohol, ethylene glycol and glycerol) at different concentrations has been examined for 2 isolates of Armillaria mellea (Vahl ex Fr.) Quél. and 1 of Clitocybe geotropa (Bull. ex Fr.) Quél. The fungi were cultivated for 28 days on a synthetic, liquid glucose medium with the alcohols as supplement. The following alcohols strongly stimulated growth and rhizomorph formation: ethanol, 1‐propanol and 1‐butanol. A great variation was demonstrated between the isolates in relation to rhizomorph production, morphology, and ability to be stimulated by different alcohols.