EFFECT OF MERCURY ON THE GROWTH OF WOOD-ROTTING BASIDIOMYCETES PLEUROTUS-OSTREATUS, PYCNOPORUS-CINNABARINUS AND SERPULA-LACRYMANS

Authors
MANDAL TK BALDRIAN P GABRIEL J NERUD F ZADRAZIL F
Citation
Tk. Mandal et al., EFFECT OF MERCURY ON THE GROWTH OF WOOD-ROTTING BASIDIOMYCETES PLEUROTUS-OSTREATUS, PYCNOPORUS-CINNABARINUS AND SERPULA-LACRYMANS, Chemosphere, 36(3), 1998, pp. 435-440
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
435 - 440
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1998)36:3<435:EOMOTG>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Mercury inhibits the growth of six wood-rotting basidiomycetes in diff erent ways. Growth rates on glucose-corn steep medium (0.1 mmol/L Hg) decreased to 6 % of the control in Pleurotus ostreatus, 16 % in Serpul a lacrymans, 22 % in Ganodema applanatum, 36 % in Pycnoporus cinnabari nus, 67 % in Daedalea quercina and 76 % in Stereum hirsutum. The inhib ition was higher in mineral than in complex medium. In Pycnoporus cinn abarinus, Hg caused changes in mycelial morphology and induced fruit b ody formation. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.