Study on the Preservation of Basidiospores and Tissues of Agaricus Campestris
Journal
Mushroom Science
Journal Volume
6
Journal Issue
1
Pages
283-286
Date Issued
1967
Author(s)
Kai-Zen Hu
S.F. Song
Abstract
Comparative studies were made on the viability of basidiospores and tissue of Agaricus campestris stored at –4, –2, 0, 5, 15 and 25°C and at room temperature under vacuum- drying conditions. Spores stored at different temperatures, except those not placed in vacumm-drying tubes, all had retained germinability after one year's storage. A shorter storage period, however, was obtained with mushroom tissue. The tissue, when stored at –2 and –4°C, was still viable after one month, but lost its viability after one month at 0, 5, 15 and 25°C and at room temperature. Those tissues not stored in a vacuum-drying tube retained their viability only for less than one week.
Event(s)
Proceedings of the First Scientific Symposium on the Cultivated Mushroom and the Sixth International Congress on Mushroom Science Wageningen and Amsterdam 1965
Publisher
The International Society for Mushroom Science
Type
conference paper