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. 2017 Jan 25;7:28. doi: 10.1186/s13568-017-0326-0

Table 2.

Spore harvests from plastic lids as covers of Petri-dishes or 3 cm-high glass jars after 18 h or 20 h (marked by *) incubation of mushrooms in upside-down position on wet paper tissues

Species No of mushrooms Cap Ø (cm) Part used No of samples Spore size (μm)a Spore harvestsb
Length Width
Mushrooms with gills
 Agaricus augustus 1 13.9 1/4 2 7.4 ± 0.5 5.0 ± 0.4 5.4 ± 2.2 × 106
 Agaricus bitorquis* 1 6.1 1/4 4 6.0 ± 0.4 4.5 ± 0.3 4.0 ± 1.1 × 106
 Agaricus campestris 1 4.5 1/4 4 nd nd 4.1 ± 1.6 × 107
 Agaricus subfloccosus* 1 8.7 1/2 1 5.9 ± 0.4 4.8 ± 0.5 2.1 × 107
 Agaricus subperonatus 1 15.6 1/4 4 6.4 ± 0.2 4.6 ± 0.3 6.9 ± 2.1 × 106
 Agrocybe dura 4 3–3.8 1 4 12.8 ± 0.2 7.3 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.6 × 106
 Amanita excelsa 1 5.2 1 1 nd nd 3.3 × 106
 Amanita strobiliformis 1 14.8 1/4 1 11.5 ± 0.7 8.5 ± 0.3 5.1 × 105
 Armillaria solidipes 5 3.2–4.6 1 5 8.5 ± 0.7 5.2 ± 0.2 2.2 ± 1.0 × 106
 Conocybe tenera 1 3.3 1 1 12.5 ± 0.1 7.2 ± 0.7 1.7 × 105
 Coprinellus disseminatus 13 1.1–1.2 1 13 8.4 ± 0.3 6.2 ± 0.2 3.3 ± 2.6 × 105
 Coprinellus domesticus 14 3.0–4.4 1 15 7.6 ± 0.4 4.5 ± 0.3 4.1 ± 1.8 × 106
 Coprinellus micaceus 6 3.4–5.6 1/2 9 8.1 ± 0.4 4.9 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 1.8 × 105
 Coprinellus subimpatiens 1 1.8 1 1 11.5 ± 0.3 6.6 ± 0.4 2.4 × 105
 Coprinellus tardus 1 3 1 1 10.5 ± 0.9 5.0 ± 0.3 4.1 × 105
 Coprinellus truncorum 1 5 1 1 8.9 ± 0.3 5.2 ± 0.1 5.3 × 105
 Coprinellus xanthothrix 2 3.8–4.0 1/2 2 7.9 ± 0.3 4.8 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 2.0 × 106
 Coprinopsis atramentaria 9 3.8–7.6 1/2 13 8.3 ± 0.6 4.8 ± 0.3 4.9 ± 2.3 × 106
 Coprinopsis cinerea 5 4.2–5.4 1 5 10.7 ± 0.4 6.8 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.6 × 105
 Coprinopsis picacea 1 11.6 (5.8 height) 1/2 2 14.2 ± 0.4 9.9 ± 0.4 5.6 ± 0.1 × 106
 Coprinus comatus 9 2.6–5 (4.5–9 height) 1/8 17 12.2 ± 0.5 7.6 ± 0.4 5.3 ± 2.6 × 106
 Hygrocybe conica 1 3.8 1 1 nd nd 3.5 × 106
 Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus 1 3 1 1 11.9 ± 0.1 8.2 ± 0.2 3.9 × 106
 Hypholoma fasciculare 7 2.5–3.2 1 7 6.1 ± 0.4 3.5 ± 0.3 3.9 ± 2.6 × 105
 Inocybe erubescens 1 3.3 1 1 10.7 ± 0.3 6.8 ± 0.7 1.8 × 105
 Inocybe fraudans 1 4 1 1 9.8 ± 0.6 6.2 ± 0.2 6.4 × 105
 Kuehneromyces mutabilis 3 4.8–5.6 1/2 6 7.3 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 0.2 4.4 ± 1.7 × 106
 Lacrymaria lacrymabunda 2 5.0–5.8 1/4 4 8.9 ± 0.5 6.2 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 1.3 × 104
 Lacrymaria spec. 7 3–3.8 1 7 10.9 ± 0.3 6.0 ± 0.4 3.8 ± 1.4 × 105
 Lepista nuda 2 4.5–6.2 1/4 4 6.8 ± 0.4 4.7 ± 0.2 4.4 ± 2.0 × 105
 Leucocoprinus birnbaumii 1 5.6 1/2 2 8.8 ± 0.6 6.7 ± 0.5 2.4 ± 0.8 × 106
 Marasmius cohaerens 1 2.9 1 1 8.8 ± 0.2 4.9 ± 0.5 4.0 × 105
 Marasmius oreades 1 2.8 1 1 9.6 ± 0.6 6.3 ± 0.4 4.8 × 105
 Marasmius wynneae* 4 3–3.7 1 4 7.1 ± 0.3 4.2 ± 0.1 5.3 ± 0.8 × 106
 Panaeolus ater 2 2.6–3.2 1 1 12.8 ± 0.6 7.4 ± 0.5 3.8 ± 2.2 × 104
 Panaeolus cinctulus 6 3.5–3.7 1 6 13.3 ± 0.1 7.4 ± 0.3 3.1 ± 1.3 × 106
 Panaeolus olivaceus 1 3.1 1 1 12.8 ± 0.6 7.4 ± 0.5 2.3 × 105
 Panaeolus papilionaceus 4 3.6 1 4 13.6 ± 0.3 8.3 ± 0.5 3.0 ± 1.2 × 105
 Panellus serotinus 1 5.5 1 1 5.8 ± 0.1 1.9 ± 0.2 3.1 × 105
 Parasola plicatilis 2 1.4–2.6 1 2 12.1 ± 0.9 6.6 ± 0.9 4.5 ± 2.1 × 104
 Pholiota squarrosa 2 10–13 1/4 3 6.8 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.2 6.7 ± 2.8 × 105
 Pholiota spec. 1 6.2 1 1 nd nd 3.4 × 104
 Pholiotina vestita 2 3.2–3.6 1/2 2 7.4 ± 0.5 5.2 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 1.2 × 106
 Pluteus spec. 2 8 2 1 nd nd 7.1 ± 0.4 × 104
 Psathyrella atrolaminata 4 1.8–2.2 1 4 12.5 ± 0.3 7.2 ± 0.2 5.1 ± 2.4 × 105
 Psathyrella candolleana 6 3.1–5.8 1 6 7.0 ± 0.3 4.3 ± 0.4 6.2 ± 2.0 × 105
 Psathyrella conopilus 7 4–4.8 1 7 12.7 ± 0.9 6.4 ± 0.8 3.2 ± 2.3 × 105
 Psathyrella microrhiza 5 1.6–3 1 5 11.7 ± 0.3 6.5 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.4 × 104
 Psathyrella pseudogracilis 7 4–4.8 1 7 13.7 ± 0.8 6.6 ± 0.4 8.8 ± 2.1 × 105
 Psathyrella spadiceogrisea 1 3.8 1 1 7.9 ± 0.3 4.9 ± 0.4 8.2 × 106
 Psathyrella tephrophylla 3 4–4.4 1 3 10.5 ± 0.4 5.8 ± 0.3 2.9 ± 0.2 × 105
 Russula exalbicans 1 6.2 1 1 6.6 ± 0.2 4.7 ± 0.1 1.4 × 106
 Stropharia caerulea 1 2.5 1 1 8.6 ± 0.5 5.2 ± 0.3 1.5 × 105
 Tubaria furfuracea 3 4–4.8 1 3 7.5 ± 0.4 4.8 ± 0.2 8.8 ± 0.6 × 105
 Tubaria hiemalis 5 2.5–3.2 5 5 nd nd 6.2 ± 1.4 × 104
 Xerula spec. 1 9.3 1 1 14.4 ± 0.7 10.9 ± 0.6 1.3 × 106
Mushrooms with gill-like ridges or pseudolamellae
 Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca 1 5.5 1 1 5.7 ± 0.6 3.6 ± 0.4 2.4 × 105
 Schizophyllum commune 14 1.8-2.3 1 14 6.2 ± 0.3 2.2 ± 0.1 4.9 ± 2.0 × 106
Mushrooms with pores
 Boletus luridus* 2 4.6-5.9 1/4 2 12.8 ± 0.5 5.6 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 1.9 × 105
 Boletus rhodoxanthus* 1 13.2 1/4 1 12.2 ± 0.5 4.7 ± 0.3 1.2 × 105
 Boletus splendidus* 1 15.3 1/4 1 12.7 ± 0.5 5.2 ± 0.4 3.7 × 105
 Chalciporus piperatus* 1 14.7 1/4 1 10.1 ± 0.5 3.5 ± 0.9 1.1 × 106
 Laetiporus sulphureus 1 5.8 1 1 5.8 ± 0.1 4.4 ± 0.4 7.8 × 105
 Suillellus queletii* 1 12 1/4 1 12.6 ± 0.5 6.4 ± 0.4 1.0 × 104
 Suillus spec.* 1 10.6 1/4 1 12.6 ± 0.5 5.5 ± 0.6 1.6 × 105
 Xerocomellus chrysenteron* 1 9.4 1/2 1 12.5 ± 0.7 5.3 ± 0.5 1.2 × 106

and = not determined

bAverages of spore numbers included the data shown individually in Tables 1 and 3, the data for 20 h incubation of some mushroom species presented in Fig. 2a and b, and the 1 cm height values of mushrooms presented in Fig. 3 and the 18 h data for mushrooms presented in Fig. 6