Short Communication

Antifungal activities of Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.:Fr) Karst and Lactarius vellereus (Pers.) Fr.

P. Guler¹*, I. Akata² and F. Kutluer¹

¹Kırıkkale Univ., Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Biology, Kırıkkale-Turkey.

²Ankara Univ., Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ankara-Turkey.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: perihangler@yahoo.com. 

Accepted 7 August, 2009

In this study, antifungal activities of Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.:Fr) Karst  and Lactarius vellereus (Pers.) Fr. extracts with chloroform and ethanol against Fusarium inflexum and Fusarium heterosporium were investigated. Mycelial discs (8 mm Ø) taken from actively growing margin of 7-day-old culture of each species and were placed in each extract medium. All species were incubated for 3 days at 28°C in the dark.  Antifungal activity was obtained by disc diffusion method.

Key words: Fomitopsis pinicola, Lactarius vellereus, antifungal activity, Fusarium inflexum, Fusarium heterosporium.