Fig. 2

Germination and growth of P. chrysosporium on agar (defined as negative control – substrate A). Monitoring was performed at 50X magnification. Images show the growth at time 0, 23, 26, 29, 46.5, 49.5, and 52 h. A scale-shift of the image is indicated by the change in the colour of the drawn squares from red to blue. The sides of the red square measure 9000 μm. The length of the sides of the blue squares was 11,000 μm, and the image size is 12,288-pixel × 12,288-pixel. The red circles show the position of a single spore over time. At 23 h, the spore was swollen. At 26 h, a germ tube was formed. A microcolony was observed at 29 h, where branching started. The final colony can be seen at 52 h. The red scale bars measure 2000 μm