Mycobiology.
2010 Mar;38(1):13-16.
Successful Development of Cordyceps bassiana Stromata from Beauveria bassiana
- Affiliations
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- 1Choa-a Pharmacy, Seoul 150-992, Korea.
- 2Green Energy Mission/Nepal, Anam Nagar, Kathmandu, P.O. Box 10647, Nepal.
- 3Cordyceps Institute of Mushtech, Chuncheon, Korea. cordyceps@hanmail.net
- 4Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Korea.
- 5Cordyceps Institute of Kangwon National University, Department of Applied Biology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.
Abstract
- A specimen of Beauveria bassiana was collected from Yang-yang of Gangwon province, Korea in October 2006. Conidial isolates were prepared from the specimen by the dilution method and inoculated in brown rice medium for fruiting body production. After nearly two months incubation for perithecial stromata developed from single isolates as well as from their combinations. They were determined as Cordyceps bassiana by observing the stromatal characters and their conidial structures. This is the first report of the development of C. bassiana from B. bassiana cultures.