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Morels are some of the most highly prized edible and medicinal mushrooms, and the outdoor cultivation has been achieved in China in recent years. Sclerotial formation is one of the most important phases during the morel life cycle, and the number of sclerotia indicates the spawn quality during cultivation. However, the sclerotial formation and differentiation mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study, the sclerotial formation process of Morchella importuna and the effects of reactive oxygen species on scerotial formation were studied. Scerotial formation was defined as five distinctive phases, hypha early, hyphal growth, sclerotial initiation, development, and maturation. The mycelia in the sclerotium-forming area were swollen, darkened, and dense with sclerotial formation, but hydrogen peroxide accumulated in the region lacking sclerotial formation. The expression of all six genes for superoxide dismutases tested increased with sclerotial maturation. A difference in hydrogen peroxide concentration of 20 mM could promote the sclerotial initiation and induce expression of sod genes. The MAPK signaling pathway was activated, and they passed the signal from an area of high oxidative stress to a low area to initiate sclerotial formation. An understanding of the sclerotial formation mechanisms in M. importuna may help to understand the life cycle and facilitate the fruiting body cultivation.
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This study was funded by the Coal-based Key Scientific and Technological Project from Shanxi Province (FT2014-03-01) and Key Research and Development Program from Guangxi Province (2016AB05317).
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Liu, Q., Zhao, Z., Dong, H. et al. Reactive oxygen species induce sclerotial formation in Morchella importuna. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 102, 7997–8009 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-9104-4
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