ABSTRACT
The cultivation of edible fungi is gaining significance in Brazil, particularly in light of scientific research that has proved their medicinal activities and high nutritional value, coupled with the fact that they have become a source of alternative income for small and medium producers. For this study, two strains of Agaricus brasiliensis (ABL97/11 and ABL97/30) originating from the Module of Mushrooms of FCA/ UNESP, SP were seeded in different cultivation media, consisting of compost and the addition or not of dextrose, and incubated in the presence and absence of light, checking for alterations in the mycelial development. It was observed that the brightness does not influence the mycelium mass, while media with dextrose provided larger mycelium mass for the two strains. Compost agar dextrose medium (CDA) when incubated in the darkness provided larger growth for the two strains, and the strain ABL11/97 presented larger growth than the strain ABL30/97.
KEY WORDS
Medicinal mushrooms; media culture; brightness