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Properties of the blue light requirements for primordia initiation and basidiocarp maturation in Coprinus stercorarius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

RICHARD J. ELLIS
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, U.S.A.
GWYNNE A. BRAGDON
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, U.S.A.
BETHANEE J. SCHLOSSER
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Primordia formation and basidiocarp maturation have separate requirements for light. Both show maximum activity in the 440–470 nm range but with slightly different peak values. Maturation requires over 2 orders of magnitude longer exposures to light than does initiation. Fluence–response relationships of primordia initiation are complex and do not show reciprocity.

Type
Research Article
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© The British Mycological Society 1999

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