ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATION ALIS HUNGARICI Tomus VIII. Series nova 1957 On the Results of Researches Concerning the Temperature Claims of Macroscopic Fungi By G. BOHUS, Budapest Numerous authors studied the effects of temperature on the development of fungi. Of the macroscopic fungi, the temperature claims of primarily species causing the decay of wood were examined. We may chiefly refer to the w( rks of H u m p h r e y — S i g g e r s (1933) and C a r t w r i g h t — F i n d l a y (1934). The dépendance on temperature uf the development of the mycelia or the vegetative portion of the terricûlous macroscopic fungi was hardly investigated. The study of this problem may have its interest from mainly two aspects, first, on the kind cf interrelation between the temperature claims of the mycelia and the fruit bodies of the several species, second, on the rate of the development of the terricolous mycelium in the various temperature seasons of the vegetat onal period. The bulk of the 45 selected fungus species belong to the family Agaricaceae. The n.ycelia of the pure culture of these species grew in test tubes on a 3% malt extract agar, in diffuse light. Generally, the cultures developed, from the time of the inoculation, in room temperature for a week, being brought later to the experimental temperature*. As the results of the researches, the followings could be established : 1. The development of the mycelia of terricolous fungi begins at 3—5° C (Table 1). Between 5—7°, the mycelia of generally all species show a slow devel- opment. Some species are exceptional in that their mycelia develop relatively well even on this low temperature , e. g. the mycelium of Collybia mucida grows 7 mm during 10 days, that of Coprinus micaceus 12 mm, that of Morchella hybrida 10 mm, that of Naucina furfuracea 7 mm, that of Psathyrella hydrophila 10 mm, finally, that of Stropharia merdaria 8 mm. This agrees also with field observations, since it was established that the fruit bodies of numerous fungus species — among them those mentioned above — grow rather rapidly even in cold weather. By rising the temperature to 12°, the developmental rate of the mycelia of some species rather increases, yet in the case of the majority of the species, the development of the mycelium reaches an adequate rate only above this temperature. This is shown in Table 2, which displays of how many times the rate of increase of the mycelium observed under 12° rises on optimal tempera- ture. This value, ranging from 2 to 22 in the case of the species studied, may be considered as the index of thennophily ; the higher this value be, the more ,,thermophilous" the mycelium of the species under discussion is. By a further rise in temperature, the developmental rate of the mycelium increases, reaching its maximum around the temperature optimum of 20°. * We were careful to see that the cultures of the identical fungus species placed at sites of various temperatures be cf a uniformly good developmental ability. The number of repetitions were three.
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ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI N A T I O N ALIS H U N G A R I C I
Tomus V I I I . Series nova 1957
On the Results of Researches Concerning the Temperature Claims of Macroscopic Fungi
By G. BOHUS, Budapest
Numerous authors studied the effects of temperature on the development of fungi. Of the macroscopic fungi, the temperature claims of primarily species causing the decay of wood were examined. We may chiefly refer to the w( rks of H u m p h r e y — S i g g e r s (1933) and C a r t w r i g h t — F i n d l a y (1934). The dépendance on temperature uf the development of the mycelia or the vegetative portion of the terricûlous macroscopic fungi was hardly investigated. The study of this problem may have its interest from mainly two aspects, first, on the kind cf interrelation between the temperature claims of the mycelia and the fruit bodies of the several species, second, on the rate of the development of the terricolous mycelium in the various temperature seasons of the vegetat onal period.
The bulk of the 45 selected fungus species belong to the family Agaricaceae. The n.ycelia of the pure culture of these species grew in test tubes on a 3% malt extract agar, in diffuse light. Generally, the cultures developed, from the time of the inoculation, in room temperature for a week, being brought later to the experimental temperature*.
As the results of the researches, the followings could be established :
1. The development of the mycelia of terricolous fungi begins at 3—5° C (Table 1). Between 5—7°, the mycelia of generally all species show a slow development. Some species are exceptional in that their mycelia develop relatively well even on this low temperature , e. g. the mycelium of Collybia mucida grows 7 mm during 10 days, that of Coprinus micaceus 12 mm, that of Morchella hybrida 10 mm, that of Naucina furfuracea 7 mm, that of Psathyrella hydrophila 10 mm, finally, that of Stropharia merdaria 8 mm. This agrees also wi th field observations, since i t was established that the fruit bodies of numerous fungus species — among them those mentioned above — grow rather rapidly even in cold weather.
By rising the temperature to 12°, the developmental rate of the mycelia of some species rather increases, yet in the case of the majority of the species, the development of the mycelium reaches an adequate rate only above this temperature. This is shown in Table 2, which displays of how many times the rate of increase of the mycelium observed under 12° rises on optimal temperature. This value, ranging from 2 to 22 in the case of the species studied, may be considered as the index of thennophily ; the higher this value be, the more ,,thermophilous" the mycelium of the species under discussion is.
By a further rise in temperature, the developmental rate of the mycelium increases, reaching its maximum around the temperature optimum of 20° .
* We were careful to see that the cultures of the identical fungus species placed at sites of various temperatures be cf a uniformly good developmental ability. The number of repetitions were three.
From the point of view of temperature optimum, the species studied may be relegated into 7 groups (Table 3). The temperature optimum of the majority of species (77%) is between 19—22°, that is, between 23—26°. The temperature optimum of some species comes higher than this, between 26—31,5°. In this latter temperature interval, the developmental rate of the mycelia of most species is already on the decrease. Finally, the mycelia of the majority of the species cease to develop between 3 í , 5 ° and 34,5°. However, the mycelia of certain species still continue to develop even on this higher temperature. A t this point, we may establish two facts. The first is that Phallus impudicus reaches its optimal development at this temperature interval and shows by this high temperature claim further indications toward its relation-groups, the members of which are in their majority tropical and Mediterranean species. The second point is that the mycelia of species show a further development (in many cases a good development) on this high temperature which live in grassy (eventually grovy) and sunshiny areas, where the higher warming up of the soil occurs regularly even on our climate.
2. From the point of view of temperature claims, certain types may be distinguished (Fig. 1). On the basis of the known temperature claims of terricolous mycelia, i t can be established that in the season of vegetational period in Hungary, and at a suitably corresponding soil humidity, the mycelium has its optimal development in June, July and August, when the monthly temperature mean (which is a value near the mean temperature of the soil) approaches the temperature optimum of the mycelia of most fungus species. (For Budapest, the monthly temperature mean of 30 years — 1901 — 1930 — is 19,6° for June, 21,6° for July, and 20,6° for August). The mycelia of the macroscopic fungi develop rather well in May and September, when the monthly temperature mean (for Budapest) is 16,4° in May, and 16,3 in September.
3. On the basis of researches, inferences can be drawn concerning the developmental rate of the mycelia of several species. Of these observations, however, only the most conspicuous can be considered, as the developmental rate observable on malt agar frequently disagrees wi th the developmental rate found on the natural media of the given fungus species. It can be established that the developmental rate of the mycelia of Ascomycetes (Morchella and Verpa species) used for our researches is twice or even three times as much as that of the most quickly growing Basidiomycetes we studied. So, for instance, the mycelium of Morchella esculenta grows 15 cm per 10 days at the temperature opt imum.
4. As concerns the parallelism between the temperature claims of the developing mycelia and the building of the fruit bodies, comparisons can but be made in a restricted measure. Namely, whilst temperature is, aside of humidity, the deciding factor among the conditions acting on the development of the mycelium on a suitable culture media, there are other factors besides humidi ty and temperature playing an important role during the growth of the fruit body. It can be stated generally that the temperature claims of the mycelium and the fruit body may be identical but they may also be different. For this latter case, Collybia velutipes serves as one of the best examples, since the temperature opt imum for its mycelium is between 23—26° (60 mm during i ö days), — and even though it develops almost as well at 27,5—31,5° (56 mm during 10 days), — the growth of the fruit body begins generally in the cold autumnal weather (10° or below).
5. W i t h regard to how far the special temperature claim may undergo changes, that is, how far it remains identical concerning the various forms, races, or individuals of the given species, we have experimented wi th four forms of Tricholoma conglobatum. We have found that the courses of the temperature graphs are nearly identical.*
Table 1.
The development of the mycelia of macroscopic fungi on various temperatures.
V. 23—31,5° 6 Calvatia saccata (Vahl.) Morg. Clitocybe phosphorea Batt.
V I . 26—31,5° 6 Lepiota excoriata Schff. Lepiota naucina Fr. Psalliota xanthoderma Genev.
V I I . 31,5—34,5° 2 Phallus impudicus Pers.
Literature : F a 1 c k, R.: Wachstumgesetze, Wachstumfaktoren und Temperaturwerte der Holzzerstörenden Mycelien (Hausschwammforschungen Jena, Heft 1, 1907, p. 53—154). — S n e 11, W. H. : The effect of heat upon the mycelium of certain structural timber destroying fungi within wood (Phytopathology, 12, 1922, p. 59). — S n e l l — H u t c h i n s o n — N e w t o n : Temperature and moisture relations of Fomes roseus and Tr^.netes subrosea (Mycologia, 20, 1928, p. 267—291). — H u m p h r e y , C. J. & S i g g e r s, P. V.: Temperature relations of wood-destroying fungi (Journal of Agricult. Research, 47, 1933, p. 997—1008).
- C a r t w r i g h t — F i n d l a y : Studies in the physiology of wood-destroying fungi. I I . Temperature and rate of growth (Annals of Botany, 48, 1934, p. 481—495). — B a v e n -d a m m, W.: Erkennen, Nachweis und Kultur der holzzersetzenden Pilze (In Abderhalden) Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden X I I / 2 , Berlin—Wien, 1936). — B o n u s : G.: Néhány gomba micéliumának häigenye (Acta Mycologica Hungarica, 4, 1947, p. 12—15).
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1. Phallus impudicus. — A strongly thermophilous species. The developmental rate of the mycelium increases parallel with the temperature. The temperature optimum
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