Some pictures illustrating our work:
- Decay of wood (oak) caused by Inonotus dryophilus. This type
of decay is typical for white-rot fungi.
- Reduction of the growth of Stereum hirsutum under laboratory
conditions in the presence of toxic metal cadmium in comparison with metal-free
control (videoclip - mpg). Size [1.8 MB].
- Fruit bodies of Ganoderma applanatum,
a common wood-rotting fungus.
- Fruit body of rare Boletus rhodopurpureus.
Nice, isn't it?
- Fruit body of Agrocybe sp. grown under
laboratory conditions. Fructification begins about five weeks after inoculation
of the substrate. In this experiment, translocation of cadmium from straw
into fruit bodies was studied.
- Dust particles on the surface of Fomitopsis
pinicola fruit body. Magnif. 400 x by electron microscop. Is dry and
wet atmospheric deposition really the main source of heavy metals in wood-inhabiting
fungi?
- Comparison of metal content in fruit bodies
of six common wood-inhabiting fungi from Prague (red) and from unpolluted
National Park Sumava (green) in South Bohemia
- Some examples of real values of metals in
fungal fruit bodies collected in the Czech Republic in 1995-1997.
- Fruit bodies of Schizophyllum commune. This
fungus is often used in genetic studies.
- Mycelial pellets obtained from laboratory cultivation, as well as fruit
bodies collected in forest, are formed by individual hyphae. Heavy metals
caused distinct morphological changes: Daedalea
quercina on Cd (right) formed thicker and shorter hyphae with homogenous
orientation. Magnif. 1050 x by electron microscop.
- Mycelium of Stereum hirsutum on solid
agar plates with (right) and without addition of cadmium (left). Stressed
fungus grew slowly and its mycelium was more dense. Changes in morphology
are usually accompanied by changes in primary and secondary metabolism.
