Background: The research is the first account of the production of basidiocarps from mycelial cultures of Marasmiellus spp. in the glasshouse. 
 
Methods: Ten distinct isolates of Marasmiellus palmivorus were isolated from diseased samples obtained from symptomatic oil palm fruits, basidiocarps, coconut seed nuts and rhizomorphs. The morphology of the basidiocarps and basidiospores structures was recorded. Two methods for the production of basidiocarps from the mycelia of M. palmivorus, in a glasshouse, were described. The wheat grain method involved colonizing the entire wheat grain with a pure culture of the fungus. The second was the rubber wood method, which involved inoculating fresh rubber wood blocks with a pure culture of a fungus. 
 
Result: Basidiocarp production was induced by embedding the cultures in the sterilized soil in the glasshouse, where they were subjected to a daily cycle of wetting and drying. The methods were successfully and reproducibly used to fruit isolates of the fungus within 2-4 weeks of inoculation in the glasshouse. Methods differed in basidiocarp productivity. Morphology of the basidiocarps and basidiospores structures was tested and found to be similar to those recorded from the field previously. Also, the basidiospores were viable.

Production of Basidiocarps of the Oil Palm and Coconut Pathogen Marasmiellus palmivorus under Controlled Conditions