Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 124, Issue 12, Pages 1013-1023Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2020.09.002
Keywords
Nutrient translocation; Mycelium; White button mushroom; Cords; Mushrooms
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- NWO TTW grant 'Traffic control' [15493]
- Microbiology Society [GA000981]
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The vegetative mycelium of Agaricus bisporus supplies developing white button mushrooms with water and nutrients. However, it is not yet known which part of the mycelium contributes to the feeding of the mushrooms and how this depends on growth conditions. Here we used photon counting scintillation imaging to track translocation of the C-14-radiolabeled metabolically inert amino acid analogue a-aminoisobutyric acid (C-14-AIB). Translocation to the periphery of the mycelium was observed in actively growing vegetative mycelium with a velocity of up to 6.6 mm h(-1), which was 30-fold higher than the growth rate. Furthermore, C-14-AIB translocated to neighboring colonies after fusion by anastomosis depending on the relative growth rate in these colonies. When mushrooms started to develop, trans -location of C-14-AIB was redirected to the fruiting bodies via mycelium and hyphal cords. More abundant mycelial cord formation and a 5-fold higher rate of translocation was observed for cultures growing directionally from inoculum located at one side of the substrate, when compared to non-directional growth (inoculum mixed throughout the substrate). The maximum translocation distance was also greater (>= 50 and 22 cm, respectively). In conclusion, C-14-AIB translocation switches between vegetative growth and towards developing mushrooms, especially via cords and when source-sink relationships change . (c) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of British Mycological Society.
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