Studies on Calvatia gigantea. I. Germination of the Basidiospores
- 1 March 1961
- Vol. 53 (2) , 123-+
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3756231
Abstract
The basidiospores of Calvatia gigantea have been germinated in 6 different broth media and malt-extract agar inoculated with Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. sanguinea. The per cent germination is less than 0.001, the yeast can be replaced by a bacterium, spores from only certain sporophores germinated, incubation of at least 4 weeks is required to observe visible colonies, and in malt extract agar (the most suitable for germination) seeding the spores into the medium appears to increase the germination rates.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: