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Abstract: Attempts to cultivate Lepista nuda (Bull. ex Fr.) Cooke, have been descriJsed as early as 1898 (Costantin and Matruchot) . From 1902-1914 Matruchot (1914) obtained mushrooms on ridge beds in caves after 7-14 months of mycelial growth. Fermented beech-leaves and oak-bark produced the best crop. A ridge bed of leaves, 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 m produced 1550 g of mushrooms during a harvest-period of about 2 months (Costantin and Matruchot 1901). Details have been summarized also by Anonymous (1942) and Cailleux (1956). Later research has concentrated either on the influence of various C- and N-sources and of extracts of natural substrates on mycelial growth on agar (Norkrans, 1953; Rawald, 1952, 1963; Volz, 1972 and Wright and Hayes, 1978) or to obtain fructifications (Hullen and Witt, 1956; Passecker, 1959; Votypka, 1971; Zadrazil et al., 1973; Wright and Hayes, 1978). Reviews have been given by Cailleux (1956), Poppe (1978) and Wright and Hayes (1978). Yields seem not to have improved substantially since Costantin and Matruchot's experiments nearly 80 years ago.
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