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Table 2 Spore harvests from plastic lids as covers of Petri-dishes or 3 cm-high glass jars after 18 h or 20 h (marked by *) incubation of mushrooms in upside-down position on wet paper tissues

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

Species

No of mushrooms

Cap Ø (cm)

Part used

No of samples

Spore size (μm)a

Spore harvestsb

Length

Width

Mushrooms with gills

 Agaricus augustus

1

13.9

1/4

2

7.4 ± 0.5

5.0 ± 0.4

5.4 ± 2.2 × 106

 Agaricus bitorquis*

1

6.1

1/4

4

6.0 ± 0.4

4.5 ± 0.3

4.0 ± 1.1 × 106

 Agaricus campestris

1

4.5

1/4

4

nd

nd

4.1 ± 1.6 × 107

 Agaricus subfloccosus*

1

8.7

1/2

1

5.9 ± 0.4

4.8 ± 0.5

2.1 × 107

 Agaricus subperonatus

1

15.6

1/4

4

6.4 ± 0.2

4.6 ± 0.3

6.9 ± 2.1 × 106

 Agrocybe dura

4

3–3.8

1

4

12.8 ± 0.2

7.3 ± 0.1

2.6 ± 0.6 × 106

 Amanita excelsa

1

5.2

1

1

nd

nd

3.3 × 106

 Amanita strobiliformis

1

14.8

1/4

1

11.5 ± 0.7

8.5 ± 0.3

5.1 × 105

 Armillaria solidipes

5

3.2–4.6

1

5

8.5 ± 0.7

5.2 ± 0.2

2.2 ± 1.0 × 106

 Conocybe tenera

1

3.3

1

1

12.5 ± 0.1

7.2 ± 0.7

1.7 × 105

 Coprinellus disseminatus

13

1.1–1.2

1

13

8.4 ± 0.3

6.2 ± 0.2

3.3 ± 2.6 × 105

 Coprinellus domesticus

14

3.0–4.4

1

15

7.6 ± 0.4

4.5 ± 0.3

4.1 ± 1.8 × 106

 Coprinellus micaceus

6

3.4–5.6

1/2

9

8.1 ± 0.4

4.9 ± 0.1

3.4 ± 1.8 × 105

 Coprinellus subimpatiens

1

1.8

1

1

11.5 ± 0.3

6.6 ± 0.4

2.4 × 105

 Coprinellus tardus

1

3

1

1

10.5 ± 0.9

5.0 ± 0.3

4.1 × 105

 Coprinellus truncorum

1

5

1

1

8.9 ± 0.3

5.2 ± 0.1

5.3 × 105

 Coprinellus xanthothrix

2

3.8–4.0

1/2

2

7.9 ± 0.3

4.8 ± 0.2

3.1 ± 2.0 × 106

 Coprinopsis atramentaria

9

3.8–7.6

1/2

13

8.3 ± 0.6

4.8 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 2.3 × 106

 Coprinopsis cinerea

5

4.2–5.4

1

5

10.7 ± 0.4

6.8 ± 0.5

1.9 ± 0.6 × 105

 Coprinopsis picacea

1

11.6 (5.8 height)

1/2

2

14.2 ± 0.4

9.9 ± 0.4

5.6 ± 0.1 × 106

 Coprinus comatus

9

2.6–5 (4.5–9 height)

1/8

17

12.2 ± 0.5

7.6 ± 0.4

5.3 ± 2.6 × 106

 Hygrocybe conica

1

3.8

1

1

nd

nd

3.5 × 106

 Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus

1

3

1

1

11.9 ± 0.1

8.2 ± 0.2

3.9 × 106

 Hypholoma fasciculare

7

2.5–3.2

1

7

6.1 ± 0.4

3.5 ± 0.3

3.9 ± 2.6 × 105

 Inocybe erubescens

1

3.3

1

1

10.7 ± 0.3

6.8 ± 0.7

1.8 × 105

 Inocybe fraudans

1

4

1

1

9.8 ± 0.6

6.2 ± 0.2

6.4 × 105

 Kuehneromyces mutabilis

3

4.8–5.6

1/2

6

7.3 ± 0.2

4.3 ± 0.2

4.4 ± 1.7 × 106

 Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

2

5.0–5.8

1/4

4

8.9 ± 0.5

6.2 ± 0.2

4.3 ± 1.3 × 104

 Lacrymaria spec.

7

3–3.8

1

7

10.9 ± 0.3

6.0 ± 0.4

3.8 ± 1.4 × 105

 Lepista nuda

2

4.5–6.2

1/4

4

6.8 ± 0.4

4.7 ± 0.2

4.4 ± 2.0 × 105

 Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

1

5.6

1/2

2

8.8 ± 0.6

6.7 ± 0.5

2.4 ± 0.8 × 106

 Marasmius cohaerens

1

2.9

1

1

8.8 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.5

4.0 × 105

 Marasmius oreades

1

2.8

1

1

9.6 ± 0.6

6.3 ± 0.4

4.8 × 105

 Marasmius wynneae*

4

3–3.7

1

4

7.1 ± 0.3

4.2 ± 0.1

5.3 ± 0.8 × 106

 Panaeolus ater

2

2.6–3.2

1

1

12.8 ± 0.6

7.4 ± 0.5

3.8 ± 2.2 × 104

 Panaeolus cinctulus

6

3.5–3.7

1

6

13.3 ± 0.1

7.4 ± 0.3

3.1 ± 1.3 × 106

 Panaeolus olivaceus

1

3.1

1

1

12.8 ± 0.6

7.4 ± 0.5

2.3 × 105

 Panaeolus papilionaceus

4

3.6

1

4

13.6 ± 0.3

8.3 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 1.2 × 105

 Panellus serotinus

1

5.5

1

1

5.8 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.2

3.1 × 105

 Parasola plicatilis

2

1.4–2.6

1

2

12.1 ± 0.9

6.6 ± 0.9

4.5 ± 2.1 × 104

 Pholiota squarrosa

2

10–13

1/4

3

6.8 ± 0.1

4.0 ± 0.2

6.7 ± 2.8 × 105

 Pholiota spec.

1

6.2

1

1

nd

nd

3.4 × 104

 Pholiotina vestita

2

3.2–3.6

1/2

2

7.4 ± 0.5

5.2 ± 0.2

3.0 ± 1.2 × 106

 Pluteus spec.

2

8

2

1

nd

nd

7.1 ± 0.4 × 104

 Psathyrella atrolaminata

4

1.8–2.2

1

4

12.5 ± 0.3

7.2 ± 0.2

5.1 ± 2.4 × 105

 Psathyrella candolleana

6

3.1–5.8

1

6

7.0 ± 0.3

4.3 ± 0.4

6.2 ± 2.0 × 105

 Psathyrella conopilus

7

4–4.8

1

7

12.7 ± 0.9

6.4 ± 0.8

3.2 ± 2.3 × 105

 Psathyrella microrhiza

5

1.6–3

1

5

11.7 ± 0.3

6.5 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.4 × 104

 Psathyrella pseudogracilis

7

4–4.8

1

7

13.7 ± 0.8

6.6 ± 0.4

8.8 ± 2.1 × 105

 Psathyrella spadiceogrisea

1

3.8

1

1

7.9 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 0.4

8.2 × 106

 Psathyrella tephrophylla

3

4–4.4

1

3

10.5 ± 0.4

5.8 ± 0.3

2.9 ± 0.2 × 105

 Russula exalbicans

1

6.2

1

1

6.6 ± 0.2

4.7 ± 0.1

1.4 × 106

 Stropharia caerulea

1

2.5

1

1

8.6 ± 0.5

5.2 ± 0.3

1.5 × 105

 Tubaria furfuracea

3

4–4.8

1

3

7.5 ± 0.4

4.8 ± 0.2

8.8 ± 0.6 × 105

 Tubaria hiemalis

5

2.5–3.2

5

5

nd

nd

6.2 ± 1.4 × 104

 Xerula spec.

1

9.3

1

1

14.4 ± 0.7

10.9 ± 0.6

1.3 × 106

Mushrooms with gill-like ridges or pseudolamellae

 Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

1

5.5

1

1

5.7 ± 0.6

3.6 ± 0.4

2.4 × 105

 Schizophyllum commune

14

1.8-2.3

1

14

6.2 ± 0.3

2.2 ± 0.1

4.9 ± 2.0 × 106

Mushrooms with pores

 Boletus luridus*

2

4.6-5.9

1/4

2

12.8 ± 0.5

5.6 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 1.9 × 105

 Boletus rhodoxanthus*

1

13.2

1/4

1

12.2 ± 0.5

4.7 ± 0.3

1.2 × 105

 Boletus splendidus*

1

15.3

1/4

1

12.7 ± 0.5

5.2 ± 0.4

3.7 × 105

 Chalciporus piperatus*

1

14.7

1/4

1

10.1 ± 0.5

3.5 ± 0.9

1.1 × 106

 Laetiporus sulphureus

1

5.8

1

1

5.8 ± 0.1

4.4 ± 0.4

7.8 × 105

 Suillellus queletii*

1

12

1/4

1

12.6 ± 0.5

6.4 ± 0.4

1.0 × 104

 Suillus spec.*

1

10.6

1/4

1

12.6 ± 0.5

5.5 ± 0.6

1.6 × 105

 Xerocomellus chrysenteron*

1

9.4

1/2

1

12.5 ± 0.7

5.3 ± 0.5

1.2 × 106

  1. and = not determined
  2. bAverages of spore numbers included the data shown individually in Tables 1 and 3, the data for 20 h incubation of some mushroom species presented in Fig. 2a and b, and the 1 cm height values of mushrooms presented in Fig. 3 and the 18 h data for mushrooms presented in Fig. 6