The aim of
this work was to investigate the influence of oxalic acid
secretion on exopolysaccharide production in two ecologically different fungal strains, i.e. Ganoderma applanatum
(white rot strain) and Tyromyces palustris (brown rot strain).
Recently, an exopolysaccharide isolated from G. applanatum has been shown to have many biomedical, e.g. anticancer, immunomodulating, and antibacterial properties