New Armenian Wood-Associated Coprinoid Mushrooms: Coprinopsis strossmayeri and Coprinellus aff. radians

Abstract

Coprinoid mushrooms grown on wood of broad-leaf species were collected for the first time in Armenia and dikaryotic mycelial cultures were established. ITS (internal transcribed spacer) sequences identified one species as Coprinopsis strossmayeri and the other as a species closely related to Coprinellus radians. Mycelial growth and morphological features on different media are described. The pearl-white-silky colonies of C. strossmayeri are characterized by mycelial strands and by a light-yellow agar colorization. The species forms chlamydospores intercalary in its hyphae. Some hyphal ends form hyphal loops. Colonies of C. aff. radians have a characteristic yellow pigmentation and stain the agar yellowish. Hyphae are mostly clampless but at some septa, pseudoclamps are seen from which side-branches develop growing along the parental hyphae. In the mycelium of C. aff. radians, hyphal loops, hyphal swellings, cystidia and typical allocysts were observed. Both new species from Armenia show growth optima at

Étude de quelques champignons coprinoïdes de la forêt domaniale du site minier Jerada (Nord-Est du Maroc) dont <i>Coprinellus bipellis</i> et <i>Coprinopsis strossmayeri</i> sont nouvelles pour la flore fongique du Maroc

“…13 variétés de C. comatus ont déjà été publiées dans un catalogue en Chine, et la température optimale de croissance du mycélium est de 25°C (Zhou, 2007). En outre, de nombreux agriculteurs en Chine qui cultivent C. comatus ont l'appelle par des noms tels que : "cap hirsute coprinoides "ammonia fungil" (Badalyan et al, 2011). Plusieurs taxons des coprins, recueillis comme des champignons comestibles dans différentes régions du monde, peuvent être cultivés facilement et produisent des carpophores sur des supports simples (Chang & Hayes, 1978).…”

First Record of Fourteen Basidiomycetous Macrofungi (Agaricomycetes) from Iraq

“…This fungus was collected from Turkey (Kaya et al, 2010;Sesli and Denchev, 2008), Bulgaria (Denchev and Assyov, 2010), Armenia (Badalyan et al, 2011). The species is characterized by its antibacterial activity due to its content of phenolic acids (Heleno et al, 2014) as well as its role as anti-cancer in promoting digestion and eliminating phlegm (Dai et al, 2009).…”

“…C. strossmayeri was collected from Turkey (Sesli and Denchev, 2008) and from Morocco (El-Akil et al, 2014) and Armenia (Badalyan et al, 2011) and Italy (Saitta et al, 2011). C. strossmayeri is species that is rich in non-saturated fatty acid, such as palmitic acid, linoleic acid and stearic acid, which need to be further investigated for nutriceuticals or as dietary supplements (Mkrtchyan, 2014;Badalyan, 2016).…”

“…Cotton blue in lactophenol was used for light microscopy. Fungal samples were identified according to field guides and relevant litretures (Dodg et al, 1934;Hongo, 1953;Ramsbottom, 1953;Hard, 1961;Pacioni and Lincoff, 1981;Quimion, 1982;Corner, 1984;Arora, 1986;Kuyper, 1986;Ryvarden et al, 1993;Christensen and Noordelos, 1999;Halling and Mueller, 2005;Kuo, 2005;2006;2008;Knudsen and Vesterholt, 2008;Ryberg et al, 2008;Ostry et al, 2011;Badalyan, 2011;O'Reilly, 2011;Phillips, 2013;Wood and Stevens, 2015). Samples were kept in the Department of Biology / College of Education for Pure Sciences / University of Tikrit.…”

Draft Genome Sequence of the Coprinoid Mushroom Coprinopsis strossmayeri

“…The coprinoid mushrooms encompass fungi from the Coprinus , Coprinopsis , and Coprinellus genera, and, along with the Parasola , comprise the Psathyrellaceae family (2). Most coprinoids favor a habitat of herbivore dung, but growth on decaying woodland material is also common (3). A likely result of residing in such competitive environments and cohabiting with predatory microorganisms is the production of a plethora of bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs) used in defense, many of which can potentially be exploited for human use (4).…”