TABLE 1.

Optical densities and stock inoculum sizes of the filamentous and dimorphic fungi^a

Fungus (no. tested)	Optical density at 530 nm (range)	Inoculum size (106)a
A. flavus (11)	0.09–0.11	0.8–1.6
A. fumigatus (12)	0.09–0.11	1.3–1.8
Bipolaris spp.b (6)	0.2	0.3–1.0
F. oxysporum (6)	0.15–0.17	1.0–2.7
F. solani (6)	0.15–0.17	0.5–1.2
P. boydii (6)	0.15–0.17	0.3–0.8
R. arrhizus (5)	0.15–0.17	0.4–1.6
S. schenckii (5)	0.09–0.11	3–4.5
B. dermatitidis (5)	0.2	0.3–0.5
H. capsulatum (5)	0.2	0.3–0.5

^aStock inoculum sizes are given in ranges of CFU per milliliter. 

^bSpecies tested included Bipolaris hawaiiensis and Bipolaris spicifera.