Transport of radiocesium in mycelium and its translocation to fruitbodies of a saprophytic macromycete

Mathematical Study of the Effects of Temperature and Humidity on the Morphological Development of Pleurotus Eryngii Fruit Body

“…Therefore, optimal environmental control is crucial. Higher fungi are considered difficult to cultivate in the laboratory without complex growth medium [12] because of the limited growing space in a laboratory. Environmental control needs to be very precise in modern commercial production of fungi, and the application of the optimal climate control parameters is crucial for ideal fruiting body development, and therefore these study results have great practical significance.…”

Bioaccumulation and biosorption of inorganic nanoparticles: factors affecting the efficiency of nanoparticle mycoextraction by liquid-grown mycelia of Pleurotus eryngii and Trametes versicolor

“…Among others, fungi have been shown to biomineralize uranium oxides, suggesting that they may have application in the bioremediation of radioactively polluted sites (Fomina et al 2007(Fomina et al , 2008. One of such fungi is Pleurotus eryngii, analyzed in our laboratory, which accumulates cesium in the fruitbody Bazała et al 2005Bazała et al , 2008 and in biotechnologically cultivated mycelium. The ubiquity and importance of fungi in environmental processes make mycoextraction one of the most promising strategies of bioremediation.…”

Radiocaesium activity concentrations in macrofungi from Galicia (NW Spain): Influence of environmental and genetic factors

“…Different fungal species also exhibit widely varying degrees of 137 Cs contamination; however, saprophytic mushrooms tend to have lower TF of 137 Cs than symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi (Yamada, 2013). Bazała et al (2008) and Castro et al (2012) state that the longevity and the wide mycelium of mushrooms make them excellent environment bioindicators. 40 K,137 Cs,226 Ra and 228 Ra are among those radionuclides that can be accumulated by mushrooms.…”

“…The behavior and transport of radionuclides in soil, plants and mushrooms have been the object of many investigations (Malinowska et al, 2006;Kaduka et al, 2006;Bazała et al, 2008;Bystrzejewska-Piotrowska and Bazała, 2008;Dupré de Boulois et al, 2008;Mietelski et al, 2010). The main factors controlling the 137 Cs levels in mushrooms are mycelium depth and ecophysiological behavior of fungi.…”