Four species of wild Auricularia in Central Luzon, Philippines as sources of cell lines for researchers and mushroom growers

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Reichard B. Musngi
Center for Tropical Mushroom Research and Development, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Evaristo A. Abella
Center for Tropical Mushroom Research and Development, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Apolonia L. Lalap
Center for Tropical Mushroom Research and Development, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Renato G. Reyes
Center for Tropical Mushroom Research and Development, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Abstract

In this paper, we described the four species of Auricularia (A. auricula, A. fuscossucinea, A. polytricha, A. tenuis), which we have collected in the campus of the Central Luzon State University. Identification was based on their hyphal zonation. From each species, various strains were identified (i.e. 3 strains for A. auricula, 5 strains for A. fuscossucinea, 13 strains for A. polytricha and 4 strains for A. tenuis). Seven host trees for Auricularia were noted as follows: rain tree (Samanea saman), coconut (Cocos nucifera), ipil – ipil (Leucaena leucocephala), mahogany (Sweitenia mahogany), mango (Mangifera indica) and rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). Among these host trees, rain trees supported the highest number of Auricularia species identified.

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Reichard B. Musngi, Evaristo A. Abella, Apolonia L. Lalap, & Renato G. Reyes. (2005). Four species of wild Auricularia in Central Luzon, Philippines as sources of cell lines for researchers and mushroom growers. International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 1(2), 279–299. retrieved from https://li04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJAT/article/view/9185
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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2005): November
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