Eduardo Bernardi

Desenvolvimento in vitro de Agaricus brasiliensis em meios suplementados com diferentes farelos

O cogumelo Agaricus brasiliensis normalmente e cultivado em meios a base de batata ou composto orgânico. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o desenvolvimento in vitro da linhagem ABL 97/11 de A. brasiliensis , cultivada em meio a base de composto suplementado com diferentes concentracoes de farelos de milho, trigo, arroz e soja, a temperatura constante de 28oC. Avaliou-se, diariamente, o diâmetro da colonia e obteve-se, aos seis dias de cultivo, a massa miceliana. A adicao de farelos de soja ou arroz nao favorece o desenvolvimento in vitro de A. brasiliensis . O meio de cultura suplementado com 20% de farelo de trigo apresenta as maiores massa miceliana e velocidade de crescimento, comparado aos meios suplementados com outros farelos, na mesma concentracao. Na concentracao de 10% de farelo, o milho promove a maior velocidade de crescimento do cogumelo.

Cultivo de shimejii em substrato capim-elefante suplementado com diferentes tipos de farelos

Resumen en: The purpose of this work was to evaluate the cultivation of the strains of P. ostreatus in elephant grass substrate supplemented with different kinds of ...

Cultivo e características nutricionais de Pleurotus em substrato pasteurizado

The objective of this work was to evaluate the productivity, biological efficiency, fresh matter, and centesimal composition of mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus (BF24) and Pleurotus sajor-caju (PSC96/03 and PSC01/06) grown in pasteurized elephant grass substrate (Pennisetum purpureum). It was also assessed the initial and final Carbon/Nitrogen ratio. The dried 2-cm-particulate substrate was moist for 24 hours and pasteurized at 100oC during 30 minutes. Then, it was added 3% of inoculum of each strain. The substrate was placed into 1-kg polypropylene bags. The bags were incubated at 26oC and relative humidity of 75 to 90%. In the fructification phase they were incubated at 23±3oC. The strain BF24 had the highest fresh matter (281.19g), biological efficiency (112.46%) and productivity (28.11%). The substrate having initial Carbon/Nitrogen ratio of 162:1 showed the lowest final ratio (68:1), after P. sajor-caju (PSC01/06) cultivation. The strain PSC96/03 showed higher protein content than the others, and BF24 had the highest lipid content. There were no significant differences for carbohydrate and ash contents for the different species and strains. The strains BF24 and PSC01/06 had similar fiber amount, but higher than PSC96/03. The two species of Pleurotus can be cultivated in pasteurized elephant grass, supressing the composting process.

Diversity and associations between Drosophilidae (Diptera) species and Basidiomycetes in a Neotropical forest.

Drosophilidae is one of the most representative families of insects that occurs in fungal fruiting bodies of Basidiomycetes; however, the diversity and community structure of mycophagous Drosophilidae in the Neotropical region is poorly known. The aims of the present study were to describe the diversity of mycophagous Drosophilidae and to investigate its colonization of fungal hosts in a forest of southern Brazil. From 120 fungal samples (patches of mushrooms) of 17 Basidiomycetes genera, flies were recorded emerging from 70 samples and collected in adult stages of 25 fungal samples, for a total of 4897 drosophilids belonging to 31 species and 5 genera. Drosophila Fallén was the most species-rich genus, whereas Hirtodrosophila Duda was the dominant genus. Studies performed in the Holarctic region indicate that mycophagous drosophilid have generalist habits; however, our results showed that most drosophilids use fewer than two fungal hosts, and most species of Hirtodrosophila and Leucophenga were restricted to abundant fungal species, suggesting a specialization for these resources. The most specialized fauna emerged from Auricularia, which was the most frequent fungal genus in our collection, and this result supports the assumption that specialization depends on the availability of fungal resources over time.

Avaliação do crescimento e da produção de Pleurotus sp. em substratos esterilizados

The gender Pleurotus is also known as oyster mushroom, shimeji or hiratake. Aiming to select the best substrates to cultivate two species of Pleurotus, this work measured vigor, mycelium growth (cm.day-1), fresh mass (g), productivity (%) and biological efficiency (%) of P. sajor-caju (PSC96/03) and P. ostreatoroseus (POR01/06) cultivated in the following substrates: sugarcane bagasse, elephant grass, waste of castor oil plant and pasteurized rice straw. Fungal cultures were recovered in culture medium CDA. For the evaluation of mycelium growth, moist substrates were put into a closed assay tube with sterilized aluminum paper. Then, they were inoculated in 10 mm culture dishes and taken to the incubator at 26 ± 2°C. Mycelium vigor was measured with grades from 1 to 3 according to density. For axenic cultivation, substrates were placed into 250 g flasks of substrate and autoclaved twice at 121°C (1 atm) for 60 minutes, and then inoculated with 3% of spawn. The lineage P. sajor-caju (PSC96/03) showed higher growth rates in relation to P. ostreatoroseus (POR01/06). Substrates showing lower C/N ratio provided more mycelium vigor. Castor oil plant waste based-substrate showed good perspectives to growing P. sajor-caju (PSC96/03).

Larvicidal efficiency of the mushroom Amanitamuscaria (Agaricales, Amanitaceae) against the mosquito Culexquinquefasciatus (Diptera, Culicidae)

INTRODUCTION We report the larvicidal activity of two formulations from Amanita muscariaagainst Culex quinquefasciatus, as well as the viability of the aqueous extract after storage. METHODS The larvicidal activity of aqueous extract and powder from A. muscaria, and the viability of the aqueous extract after storage, were evaluated. RESULTS The aqueous extract caused larval deaths, which varied from 16.4% to 88.4%. The efficiency of the powder varied from 29.2% to 82.8%. Storage did not interfere with the larvicidal efficiency of the aqueous extract of A. muscaria. CONCLUSIONS These results show the potential of A. muscariato control C. quinquefasciatus.