Table 1.

Growth and uptake of Pb by different fungi from liquid medium containing 50 ppm lead

Fungi	Dry weight (g)	Uptake (mg/g)
Pb2 (Aspergillus niger)	0.48	7.86
Pb3 (Aspergillus terreus)	0.07	59.67
Pb7 (A. flavus)	0.21	12.45
Pb8 (A. flavus)	0.22	17.38
Phanerochaete chrysosporium	0.18	21.75
Aspergillus awamori	0.20	15.65
Trichoderma viride	0.34	10.34
CD at 5%	0.03	2.66