Cultivation properties of basidiomycetes on media using herbaceous plants (I) : Mycelial growth of basidiomycetes on media using weeds

Abstract

Weeds (non-crop herbs) are unseasonably obtainable biomasses. To evaluate the potential of weeds as mushroom cultivation medium, cultivation properties of basidiomycetes using weeds were investigated. A total of 32 species of basidiomycetes and 13 species of weeds was used in this investigation. Each fungus was inoculated to the solid medium made by each weed, and mycelial growth was measured. On medium of Lolium multiflorum, a Gramineae family plant, mycelial growth of 10 of 29 fungi were larger than 100mm within 28 days; on 3 other species of Gramineae, it was also fast. Fungi of the family Pleurotaceae such as Pleurotus cornucopiae var. citrinopileatus and wood decay fungi of the order Aphyllophorales such as Ganoderma lucidum grew comparatively fast on almost all 13 species of weeds.