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Table 1. Analysis of variance for concentrations, hours of incubation and different sources for the radial growth of test mushroom cultures.
Table 2. Effect of supplementation of five different concentrations of TiO2 bulk on radial growth of Ganoderma lucidum and Volvariella volvaceae at every 24 h of incubation till day four.
Table 3. Effect of supplementation of bulk salts and nanoparticles of titanium dioxide, silica and silver on spore number, spore and hyphal diameter of Ganoderma lucidum and Volvariella volvaceae.
Figure 1. Scanning Electron micrographs showing the effect of supplementation of bulk salts of titanium, silver and silicon elements on spore and hyphae of Ganoderma lucidum and Volvariella volvaceae. (i), (ii) and (iii) Ganoderma (GL-II) for bulk salts of Ti, Si and Ag; (iv), (v) and (vi) Ganoderma (GL-IV) for bulk salts of Ti, Si and Ag; and (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii) Volvariella for bulk salts of Ti, Si and Ag respectively (Magnification 1.00 k).
Table 4. Occurrence of Ti, Ag and Si elements on the surface of hyphal biomass in the test mushroom cultures as obtained through SEM-EDS spectroscopy.
Table 5. Analysis of variance for concentrations of bulk and nanoformulations of three elements and total protein content of Ganoderma lucidum and Volvariella volvaceae.
Table 6. Effect of supplementation of bulk salts and nanoparticles on laccase enzyme activity (IU mg−1) of Ganoderma lucidum and Volvariella volvaceae at 96 h of incubation.