Development, persistence and regeneration of foraging ectomycorrhizal mycelial systems in soil microcosms.

Development of extraradical mycelia of two strains each of Paxillus involutus and Suillus bovinus in ectomycorrhizal association with Pinus sylvestris seedlings was studied in two dimensions in non-sterile soil microcosms. There were significant inter- and intra-specific differences in extraradical mycelial growth and morphology. The mycelial systems of both strains of P.

Mycelial dynamics during interactions between Stropharia caerulea and other cord-forming, saprotrophic basidiomycetes.

•  Macroscopic mycelial interactions between Stropharia caerulea and four other cord-forming wood decomposer basidiomycetes (Phanerochaete velutina, Phallus impudicus, Hypholoma fasciculare and Agrocybe gibberosa) on nonsterile soil were quantified using nondestructive image analysis. •  Interaction development and outcome was species dependent. Once S.

Patch formation and developmental polarity in mycelial cord systems of Phanerochaete velutina on a nutrient-depleted soil.

Development of mycelial cord systems of Phanerochaete velutina (DC.: Pers.) Parmasto from 4-cm inocula on a nutrient-depleted non-sterile soil was studied in laboratory microcosms using image analysis techniques.