Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Sung-Min Jeon, Eun-Jin Wang and Kang-Hyeon Ka*
Division of Wood Chemistry & Microbiology, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 02455, Korea
Correspondence to kasymbio@korea.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2015, 43(3):165-173.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2015.43.3.165
Received: July 19, 2015; Revised: September 10, 2015; Accepted: September 16, 2015
Published: September, 2015.
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Mattirolomyces terfezioides is a type of sweet truffles that predominantly form ectomycorrhizae with Robinia pseudoacacia. It is also worthy of artificial cultivation. This is the first report on characteristics of mycelial growth and enzyme activities of M. terfezioides collected from R. pseudoacacia forest in Korea. M. terfezioides showed the highest mycelial growth when cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA) at 30 oC or in modified Melin-Norkran’s liquid medium (pH 8.0). The biomass of M. terfezioides was higher in liquid medium containing nitrate-nitrogen than ammonium-nitrogen by 1.8 fold. The mycelia of M. terfezioides showed both carboxymethylcellulase and laccase activities on solid media for enzyme screening.
Cellulase, Laccase, Mattirolomyces terfezioides, Mycelial growth, Robinia pseudoacacia