Metaprofiling of the Bacterial Community in Colonized Compost Extracts by .

It is well-known that bacteria and fungi play important roles in the relationships between mycelium growth and the formation of fruiting bodies. The sun mushroom, , was discovered in Brazil ca. 1960 and it has become known worldwide due to its medicinal and nutritional properties.

Design of a Useful Diagrammatic Scale for the Quantification of Lecanicillium fungicola Disease in Agaricus bisporus Cultivation.

The aim of the research was (i) to evaluate white and cream strains of A. bisporus yields when challenged or not with the pathogen L. fungicola, (ii) to identify the more aggressive pathogen isolates, and (iii) to develop a diagrammatic scale of spot symptoms on infected mushrooms.

Pleurotus spp. cultivation on Brachiaria sp. straw treatment with alkaline water: Oyster mushroom and substrate treatment.

The aim of this research was to evaluate the efficiency of aqueous alkali-treated Brachiaria straw for the cultivation of appropriate species of oyster mushroom. The substrate used in the cultivation of various Pleurotus spp. was soaked for 20min by using two different procedures: (i) 0.