Abstract
Niederpruem, Donald J. (Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis), Hudner Hobbs, and Lyle Henry. Nutritional studies of development in Schizophyllum commune. J. Bacteriol. 88:1721-1729. 1964.-Individual carbon and nitrogen sources which sustain dikaryotic fruiting in the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune were determined. Combination studies indicated that certain poor substrates were inhibitory; these included acetate, citrate, KNO(2), and l-lysine. Homokaryotic (haploid) fruiting was promoted by dilute culture medium. Both developmental systems were arrested by respiratory CO(2). Elevated temperature (e.g., 30 C) essentially completely blocked homokaryotic fruiting of S. commune.