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Degradation of soil humus by the fairy ring mushroom

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Except when cultures were well aerated by shaking,Marasmius oreades (Bolt.) Fr., the fairy ring mushroom, was able to utilize, in pure culture studies, fractions of humus from sources as divergent as the A horizon of a chernozemic soil and the Bh horizon of a Podzol. The importance of this ability to soil infestation was discussed and it was suggested that improved soil aeration be studied as a control measure.

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    S. P. Mathur

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Mathur, S.P. Degradation of soil humus by the fairy ring mushroom. Plant Soil 33, 717–720 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01378262

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