• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.165-173
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• 2015

Mattirolomyces terfezioides is a type of sweet truffles that predominantly form ectomycorrhizae with Robinia pseudoacacia. It is also worthy of artificial cultivation. This is the first report on characteristics of mycelial growth and enzyme activities of M. terfezioides collected from R. pseudoacacia forest in Korea. M. terfezioides showed the highest mycelial growth when cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA) at $30^{\circ}C$ or in modified Melin-Norkran's liquid medium (pH 8.0). The biomass of M. terfezioides was higher in liquid medium containing nitrate-nitrogen than ammonium-nitrogen by 1.8 fold. The mycelia of M. terfezioides showed both carboxymethylcellulase and laccase activities on solid media for enzyme screening.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.125-128
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• 2015

Mattirolomyces terfezioides and Tricholoma bakamatsutake, commercially important mycorrhizal mushrooms, were found for the first time in the forests of Robinia pseudoacacia and Quercus mongolica of the Korean peninsula, respectively. Morphological and molecular characteristics were discussed in the paper. We have also given the Korean name to the fungi here.