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Responses of mycelia ofGanoderma lucidum to vanadium, selenium and germanium were examined over a wide range of concentrations (10–1, 120 μg/ml) in pure culture. Se and V were found to be highly toxic, but Ge was not toxic at the levels tested.Ganododerma lucidum cultivated on substrates of sawdust with V (30–80 μg/g) developed mature fruitbodies, but the bioaccumulation of V was quite low (2.5–7 μg/g in pileus, 12.5–21.5 μg/g in stipe and <1 μg/g in basidiospores). Se as Na2SeO4 labeled with75Se was effectively taken up from substrates and accumulated in fruitbodies (mainly in pileus), then depleted by discharge of basidiospores. Ge as GeCl4 labeled with77Ge was easily uptaken and translocated into fruitbodies.
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Le Tham, X., Matsuhashi, S. & Kume, T. Growth and fruitbody formation ofGanoderma lucidum on media supplemented with vanadium, selenium and germanium. Mycoscience 40, 87–92 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02465679
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