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ScienceAsia 2 (1976): 067-075 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1976.02.067

 

THE EFFECT OF LIGHT ON FRUITBODY PRODUCTION IN PHOLIOTA MARGINATA

 

SUTHAPHUN TRIRATANA

Summary: Light appears to be necessary for the initiation of primordium, and for the early stages of stipe and pileus differentiation. Continuous light at intensity of 6 ft-cd is sufficient for optimum growth and fruiting. Stipe elongation, pileus expansion, and spore maturation occur in the absence of light.

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Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

Received 1 May 1976