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The interaction betweenAgaricus bisporus andScytalidium thermophilum on agar media was studied by differential interference contrast and phase contrast microscopy.A. bisporus combatively replacesS. thermophilum in culture on agar media. The antagonistic effect ofA. bisporus is transmissible through a cellophane membrane and causes irreversible disintegration ofS. thermophilum protoplasm, resulting in a total loss of viability after prolonged interaction between the two fungi. On compost extract agar, but not on other media, the growth rate ofA. bisporus increased from 2.7 to 5.3 mm·d−1 following contact withS. thermophilum mycelium.
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Op den Camp, H.J.M., Stumm, C.K., Straatsma, G. et al. Hyphal and mycelial interactions betweenAgaricus bisporus andScytalidium thermophilum on agar media. Microb Ecol 19, 303–309 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017174
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