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Fig. 4

From: Bulk isolation of basidiospores from wild mushrooms by electrostatic attraction with low risk of microbial contaminations

Fig. 4

Examples of mushrooms infested by small animals. a, b Pluteus spec. mushroom with small slugs. Different insect larvae were found on mushrooms of c Pholiotina vestita, e, f Marasmius wynneae (one of four animal-infested mushrooms tested for sporulation is shown), h Agaricus campestris, i–k Agaricus subperonatus, l, m, Paneolus cinctulus (one of in total six mushrooms tested for sporulation was visibly animal-infested), and n Suillellus queletii (note the still intact pores and tubes at the upper area of the photo). d An adult beetle of Oxyporus rufus (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) on Psathyrella spadiceogrisea. g A. campestris with red mites (same mushroom as in h). White and black arrows point to positions in the photos of animals less easy to detect. All mushrooms shown in the figure were used in reversed position on wet tissues to collect spores in plastic lids above and all gave high numbers of spores (data are included in Table 2)

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