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Autofluorescence of the fruiting body of the fungus Macrolepiota rhacodes

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The autofluorescence (primary fluorescence, AF) of the freshly collected fruiting bodies of the fungus Macrolepiota rhacodes was studied in a Zeiss Jenalumar fluorescence microscope at a blue and a green excitation. The strongest yellow AF at blue excitation was displayed by irregular granules on the surface of the fungal pileus. A weaker yellow-green AF was exhibited by spherical cells and hyphae in the central part of the pileus while basidiospores emitted somewhat stronger AF. At green excitation, a considerable red AF was emitted only by basidiospores, other parts of the pileus showing a very weak red AF. M. rhacodes AF is much weaker than the AF of wood-rotting fungi, such as Fomes fomentarius, Daedalea quercina, Piptoporus betulinus, Fomitopsis pinicola and others.

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AF:

autofluorescence

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Žižka, Z., Gabriel, J. Autofluorescence of the fruiting body of the fungus Macrolepiota rhacodes . Folia Microbiol 53, 537–539 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-008-0085-z

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