Brantley, E.A, D.D. Davis, and L.J. Kuhns. 1997 (2009, 2nd edition). Fungi in your mulch. Unnumbered brochure, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park, PA
Brantley, E.A, D.D. Davis, and L.J. Kuhns. 1997. There’s a fungus among us! Pondkeeper. August/September 1997, pp.14-19.
Brantley, E.A., D.D. Davis, and L.J. Kuhns. 2001. Biological control of the artillery fungus, Sphaerobolus stellatus, with Trichoderma harzianum and Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 19:21-23
Brantley, E.A., D.D. Davis, and L.J. Kuhns. 2001. Influence of mulch
characteristics on growth and sporulation of the artillery fungus
Sphaerobolus stellatus. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 19:89-95
Davis, D.D., L.J. Kuhns, K. Akina, and T.L. Harpster. 2004.
Sporulation by the artillery fungus on 27 different mulches - a field study. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 22:117-123. (full text)
Davis, D.D. and L.J. Kuhns. 2005. Spent mushroom compost suppresses artillery fungi in landscape mulch. pp 10-11, In Spent Mushroom Substrate - Scientific Research & Practical Applications, American Mushroom Institute unnumbered booklet, 23 pp.
Davis, D.D. and L.J. Kuhns. 2005. Spent mushroom compost suppresses artillery fungi in landscape mulch. J. Penna. Landscape & Nursery Assoc. 51:25-27.
Davis, D.D. and L.J. Kuhns. 2005. Spent mushroom substrate (SMS) suppresses artillery fungi in landscape mulch. Mushroom News 53:10-13
Davis, D.D., L.J. Kuhns, and T.L. Harpster. 2005. Use of mushroom
compost to suppress artillery fungi. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 24:212-215. (full text)
Geml, J., Davis, D.D., Geiser, D.M. 2005. Phylogenetic analyses reveal
deeply divergent species lineages in the genus Sphaerobolus (Phallales:
Basidiomycota). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:313-322. (full text)
Geml, J., Davis, D.D., Geiser, D.M. 2005. Systematics of the genus Sphaerobolus based on molecular and morphological data, with the
description of Sphaerobolus ingoldii sp. nov. Mycologia 97:680-694. (full text)
Geml, J., D.D. Davis, and D.M. Geiser. 2005. Influence of selected
fungicides on in vitro growth of artillery fungi (Sphaerobolus spp.). Journal of Environmental Horticulture 23:63-66.
Davis, D.D., L.J. Kuhns, and T.L. Harpster. 2006. Use of mushroom compost to suppress artillery fungi. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 24:212-215.
Davis, D.D., M.A Fidanza, and L.J. Kuhns. 2007. Spent mushroom compost can help win the war against artillery fungi. Soil and Mulch Producers News 1:1-4.
Davis, D.D., M.A. Fidanza, and L.K. Farrell. 2008. Spent mushroom compost: a green solution to artillery fungi. Mushroom News. 56:8-16.
Davis, D.D., M.A. Fidanza, and L.K. Farrell. 2008. Blending landscape mulch with mushroom compost: a green solution to the artillery fungus problem. Soil & Mulch Producers News 4:4-7.
Fidanza, M.A. and D.D. Davis. 2009. Recycled mushroom compost suppresses bird’s nest fungi in landscape mulch. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 27:238-240.
Fidanza, M.A. and D.D. Davis. 2009. In vitro suppression of artillery fungus growth by fungicides. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 27:155-158.
Davis, D.D. and M.A. Fidanza. 2011. Fresh recycled mushroom compost suppresses artillery fungi sporulation – a 4-year field study. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 29:91-95.
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