Re: [compost_tea] Growing mushrooms with CT
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Growing mushrooms with CT
Mycorrhizal fungi require roots in order to produce a large amount of bio=
mass.
Elaine:
Good explanation. It clears up some misconceptions I had. I thought that =
the mycelium was the branching network of the fungi and the hyphae were ind=
ividual threads that sprouted into the mycelium. I rerread my microbiology=
book and found that I had misread the following:
"The individual threads of the mycelium are known as the hyphae. . . . The =
hyphae have thin walls that to allow for ready absorption of food and water=
. This fact helps to account for the rapid growth of fungi. The portion fo=
the mycelium concerned with nutrition is referred to as the "vegetative my=
celium". . . .
I thought the mycelium developed from the hyphae and that it was needed to =
show true fungal growth.
Ted Peterson
Earth-Wise/Spirit of the Earth
Received on Mon Dec 22 2003 - 13:31:05 EST
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