Effects of Media Formulation on the Growth and Morphology of Ectomycorrhizae and Their Association with Host Plant

Table 2

Morphological descriptions of Tricholoma matsutake and Rhizopogon roseolus on different nutritive culture media at pH 5.

Strains	Culture media	Mycelial texture	Mycelium colour	Border	Border colour	Reverse colour	Aerial growth	Medium colouration	Exudates	Rifts	Lines formed from center; (no. of lines per petri dish )
NBRC 109050	MMN	Almost smooth	Light brown and light pink^b	Clear	Light pink	Light brown	−	−	−	−	−
	L-MMN	Almost smooth	White	Clear	White	White	−	−	−	−	−
	G-MMN	Almost smooth	Brown and dull white^c	Diffuse	White	Brown	−	−	−	−	−
	PDA	Wooly^a1 and almost smooth	Bright white	Diffuse	White	White	−	−	−	+	+ (around; 26 lines)
NBRC 109051	MMN	Almost smooth	Light brown	Clear	White	Light brown	−	−	−	−	−
	L-MMN	Almost smooth	White	Clear	White	White	−	−	−	−	−
	G-MMN	Almost smooth	Brown	Diffuse	White	Brown	−	−	−	−	−
	PDA	Wooly^a2 and almost smooth	Bright white	Diffuse	White	White	−	−	−	+	+ ( around; 14 lines)
NBRC 109052	MMN	Almost smooth	Light brown and light pink^d	Diffuse	Light pink	Light brown	−	−	−	−	−
	L-MMN	Almost smooth	White	Diffuse	White	White	−	−	−	−	−
	G-MMN	Almost smooth	Brown and dull white^e	Diffuse	White	Brown	−	−	−	−	−
	PDA	Wooly^a3 and almost smooth	Bright white	Diffuse	White	White	−	−	−	+	+ ( around; 11 lines)
RR	MMN	Almost smooth	Dark brown	Diffuse	Dark brown	Dark brown	−	−	−	−	−
	L-MMN	Almost smooth	Dark brown	Clear	Dark brown	Dark brown	−	−	−	−	−
	G-MMN	Almost smooth	Dark brown	Diffuse	Dark brown	Dark brown	−	−	−	−	−
	PDA	Wooly^a4 and almost smooth	Brownish white and chocolate^f	Diffuse	Chocolate	Chocolate	−	+	+	+	+ ( around; 16 lines)

aa1: Wooly until 55 to 60 days of growth, a2: Wooly until 50 to 55 days of growth, a3: Wooly until 60 to 65 days of growth, a4: Wooly until 40 to 45 days of growth.
^bLight pink area appeared after 65 days.
^cDull white area appeared after 60 days.
^dLight pink area appeared after 63 days.
^eDull white area appeared after 65 days.
^fChocolate area appeared after 45 days.