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Mycologia, 99(1), 2007, pp. 88-90.
© 2007 by The Mycological Society of America

Some observations concerning microsclerotia and spore production of Mycoleptodiscus terrestris in culture


Judy F. Shearer 1

     US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180

Some interesting growth characteristics of Mycoleptodiscus terrestris were discovered while evaluating the fungus as a potential bioherbicide for management of the submersed macrophyte, Hydrilla verticillata. Microsclerotia were produced readily in a liquid culture medium containing a basal salts solution supplemented with corn steep liquor powder and glucose. Dried microsclerotia were capable of germinating hyphally within 24 h and sporogenically within 72 h. Initiation of spore production was not dependent on the presence of host plant material or light.

Key words: Fungus, microsclerotia, sporulation

1 E-mail: Judy.F.Shearer{at}erdc.usace.army.mil






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