Identification of a New Fungal Pathogen Causing White Villous Disease on the Fruiting Body of the Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom Auricularia auricula-judae (Agaricomycetes) in China

Int J Med Mushrooms. 2017;19(2):155-161. doi: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v19.i2.70.

Abstract

Auricularia auricula-judae is an edible and medicinal fungus ranking fourth in production among the edible fungi cultivated worldwide. White villous disease is rampant in Northeast China; it infects the fruiting bodies of A. auricula-judae by forming a white mycelial layer on its ventral side. The disease not only causes an unacceptable morphological appearance and a poor-quality product, but it also significantly reduces the yield. In this study, based on fungal morphology, ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences, identification of species-specific primers, and the pathogenicity of the mycelia and spores, 2 fungal pathogens were isolated and identified as Fusarium equiseti and F. sporotrichioides.

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / growth & development*
  • Basidiomycota / growth & development*
  • China
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / growth & development*
  • Fusarium / classification*
  • Fusarium / genetics
  • Fusarium / growth & development
  • Fusarium / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer