CO-CULTIVATION OF <i>PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS </i>(JACQ.) P. KUMM. WITH YEASTS
Co-cultivation of <i>Pleurotus ostreatus </i>with eight yeast species were investigated on water agar. Special mycelial structures to contact with yeast cells were found in such cultures: nipple-like appendages and coralloid hyphae. Three out of eight species, <i>Hanseniaspora uvarum, Rhodotorula minuta, </i>and<i> Saccharomyces cerevisiae </i>were identified as trophic preferendum for<i> P. ostreatus. </i>These three yeast species were used for mushroom cultivation on sunflower seed's peel. The biomass of fruiting bodies increased on 52,8-75,7% with the <i>H. uvarum</i> and <i>S. cerevisiae</i> suspension presence in the substrate.