Table 1.

Fitted parameter values for the three fungal species considered.

parameter	notation	units	S. calospora	Glomus sp.	A. laevis
speed of tip movement	v	cm d−1	0.25	0.13	0.28
tip branching rate	bn	d−1	0.02	1.91	1.47
tip death rate	dn	d−1	5.20×10−3	0.15	0.73
net tip branching rate	b=bn−dn	d−1	0.015	1.76	0.74
hyphal death rate	d	d−1	0.18	0.28	0.08
maximal hyphal tip density	nmax	cm−3	—	2238.14	1.78×105
tip–tip anastomosis rate	a1	cm3 d−1	—	—	7.00×10−7
tip–hypha anastomosis rate	a2	cm3 m−1 d−1	—	—	0.15
boundary proliferation	a	m cm−3 d−1	2.52	2.24	0.56
initial tip density at boundary	n0,b	cm−3	97.07	84.16	12.68
RMSE			1.11	1.67a 2.38b	1.33

^aNot including the data point at 1 cm distance after 14 days.

^bIncluding the data point at 1 cm distance after 14 days.