PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing carpophores of insect parasite fungi from an insect body increased by infecting an insect with insect parasite fungi, suppressing decay of the carpophores, to enhance a favorable formation ratio of the carpophores and form the carpophores under stable condition.SOLUTION: The method for producing carpophores of insect parasite fungi comprises charging culture media 11 composed of porous substance and having total porosity of 70-90% and bacterial density of 0-0.5×102 cfu/g in a container, regulating the liquid phase ratio of the culture media into 35-65 wt.% so as to be in moist condition, and putting an insect body 12 obtained by inoculating the insect parasite fungi to the insect to be hardened to form carpophore rudiments, so as to generate the carpophores of the insect parasite fungi: wherein it is preferable to lower the temperature of the inside of the container to a dew point or lower so as to generate dew condensation on the surface of the porous substance and the insect body 12, and to bury the insect body in the culture media.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】昆虫寄生菌を昆虫に感染させ、増殖させた昆虫体から子実体を生産するに当たり、腐敗を抑制し、良好な子実体の形成率を高め、安定した状態で子実体を形成することができる昆虫寄生菌の子実体の生産方法を提供する。【解決手段】昆虫寄生菌の子実体の生産方法は、多孔質物質よりなり、全孔隙率が70~90%で細菌密度が0~0.5×102cfu/gの培地11を容器内に収容し、該培地の液相率を35~65%に調整して保湿状態とする。そこへ、昆虫に昆虫寄生菌が接種され硬化されて子実体原基が形成された昆虫体12を入れ、昆虫寄生菌の子実体を発生させる。この場合、容器内の温度を露点以下まで下げて多孔質物質及び昆虫体12の表面に結露を生じさせることが好ましい。また、昆虫体を培地中に埋没させることが好ましい。【選択図】図1
