[Basidiomycetes in relation to antibiosis. II. Antibiotic activity of mycelia and culture liquids].

The author relates the results of the antibiotic activity of mycelia and culture liquids of 34 Basidiomycetes, tested against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans. The mycelium disc test and the cylinder plate method were used, employing for the latter culture liquids at different ages. The most active against the three bacterial species were Psathyra spadiceo-grisea, Fistulina hepatica and Fomes pinicola; against S. aureus and B. subtilis, Lentinus edodes and Psilocybe coprophila; Coprinus phlyctidosporus, Lepista amara, Pholiota nameko, Pleurotus ostreatus 774 and 779, Schizophyllum commune, Stropharia melanosperma, Boletus felleus, Polyporus Schweinitzii and Trametes pini 786 are active only against B. subtilis. Psathyra spadiceo-grisea and Lentinus edodes showed activity against Candida albicans as well. Comparison is made of activity results of the strains employed with the currently accepted data in the literature for the same species.