Aphelenchoides sp. destroying Mushroom Mycelium

Aphelenchoides microstylus n. sp. and Seinura onondagensis n. sp. (Nemata: Aphelenchina) from New York.

Aphelenchoides microstylus n. sp. and Seinura onondagensis n. sp., a nematode predator, are described from dead Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Onondaga County, New York. Females of A. microstylus are 370 to 485 microm long. The body is slender and tapers posteriorly to an amucronate, pointed terminus. The head is continuous with the body, and lips bear a stylet guide. Diagnostic characters...

Destroying Civilization, Destroying Nature

Genetic Diversity of Edible Mushroom Pleurotus Sp

The Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus) cultivation is a profitable agribusiness and having high significance due its nutritive and therapeutic value. Due to deficient knowledge on Pleurotus mushroom genetics seven strains of Oyster mushroom, two local and five exotic were studied for their genetic diversity through RAPD markers. It was clear from similarity matrix that similarity index ranges from 45 ...

Effects of a mushroom mycelium extract on the treatment of prostate cancer.

OBJECTIVES To determine whether supplemental amounts of a polysaccharide/oligosaccharide complex obtained from a shiitake mushroom extract (SME) would lower the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level in patients with prostate cancer. METHODS A total of 62 men (mean age 73.2 years, range 53.6 to 85.5) with histologically proven prostate cancer who had two consecutive elevated PSA readings were ...

Aphelenchoides Xylophilus, N. Sp., a Nematode Associated with Blue-stain and Other Fungi in Timber »

The first observation of Aphelenchoides xylophilus, n.sp., the timber nema, dates back to 1929, when a small piece of wood that had been cut, in the process of roofing, from the top of a green pole of longleaf Louisiana pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) was received from Orange, Tex.^ This piece of wood had streaks of a bluish color caused by blue-stain fungi. The nemas were found in these streaks a...