Essential oils of Zataria multiflora and Satureja hortensis have the greatest inhibitory effect among a large series of essential oils.
The two essential have shown greater antimicrobial activities against Lecanicillium fungicola than Agaricus bisporus.
The two essentials acted more selectively for mushroom mycelium compared to other plant essential oils.
The production of lignolytic enzymes especially laccase is proposed to be the reason the selectivity of these two essential oils.