Studying Soil Ecology and Growth Conditions of Phellorinia herculeana, a Wild Edible Mushroom

Phellorinia herculeana is an edible mushroom growing in nutritionally poor and desert soil. There has been little information available about its edaphic culturing conditions for achieving the vigorous mycelial growth essential artificial cultivation, bioaugmentation biodegradation unfertile Thus, present study was conducted to assess find a suitable medium obtaining maximum growth. It grows commonly coastal soil with saline conditions, barren land unfit forms basidiocarp singly around xerophytic trees annual plants also without vegetation. In addition well-developed pileus stipe, it typical rhizoid that horizontally The thick at base of stipe became thin into strand. our earlier study, we reported very on nutrient-rich media containing simple sugar, example, glucose. observed cereal-grain-based agar supported among media, maize 5% level Incorporation glucose reduced compared Its between 34 °C 37 pH 7 8. Mass multiplication using sand-maize prepared ratio 19:1 (sand: maize) results this would certainly pave way scientific community develop protocol cultivation mass multiplication,