Species Identification and Cultivation Evaluation of a Wild Strain of Morchella spp.
A strain of wild Morchella spp.(Y88)was collected from Dali,Yunnan Province,and it was identified as Morchella sextelata by morphological and molecular systematics analysis.Strain Y88-2 was screened by tissue isolation,purification,mat-ing type detection and activity passaging test,and further successful cultivated into fruit bodies.From the obtained fruit bodies,strains M1099-3,M1099-7 and M1099-36 were re-screened by tissue isolation.The results of cultivation experiment show that strain M1099-3 yielded up to 264.26 kg per 667 m2 in the Yingtaoyuan base.The results provided new germplasm resources for the development of Morchella spp.industry.
Morchella sextelatamolecular systematics identificationmating type detectionartificial cultivation