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Growth of wood-inhabiting Lentinus species from Cameroon in laboratory culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2003

Dominique C. Mossebo
Dominique C. Mossebo
Affiliation:
University of Yaoundé 1, Mycological Laboratory, B.P. 1456 Yaoundé, Cameroon. E-mail: mossebo@uycdc.uninet.cm
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Abstract

Three species of Lentinus from Cameroon, L. sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr., L. squarrosulus Mont. and L. velutinus Fr. Were investigated in laboratory culture. L. velutinus produced xylarioid outgrowths in both monosperm and polysperm cultures, but these structures were observed only to a lesser extent in polysperm cultures of L. squarrosulus, and those of L. sajor-caju, as well as their respective monosperm cultures, remained sterile. Extracellular oxidase tests revealed all three species to be white-rot fungi.

Keywords

Lentinusmycelial behaviourextracellular oxidaseswhite-rotCameroon
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Original Article
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Mycologist , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , November 2002 , pp. 168 - 171
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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