Table 2. Accumulation of carotenoids in species of Neurospora isolated from Spain.
| Carotenoidsa | Number of strains | |||
| Latitude | Light | Dark | ||
| N. discreta | 42.74°-39.80° | 22.7±1.5 | 3.9±0.2 | 63 |
| N. tetrasperma | 42.46°-27.88° | 100.9±8.4 | 4.9±0.5 | 17 |
| N. crassa | 37.37°-27.88° | 141.1±5.2 | 5.4±0.2 | 69 |
| N. sitophila | 27.88° | 142.7±0.0 | 6.7±0.0 | 1 |
| N. discreta Galicia | 42.74°-41.98° | 23.4±1.7 | 4.1±0.2 | 54 |
| N. discreta Cáceres | 39.80° | 18.1±1.0 | 3.0±0.2 | 9 |
| N. tetrasperma Galicia | 42.46°-42.40° | 66.7±3.8 | 3.1±0.3 | 5 |
| N. tetrasperma Canary Islands | 28.37°-27.88° | 115.2±8.9 | 5.6±0.6 | 12 |
| N. crassa Seville | 37.37° | 108.6±5.5 | 6.0±0.5 | 26 |
| N. crassa Canary Islands | 28.37°-27.88° | 160.7±5.9 | 5.0±0.2 | 43 |
a
Average±SEM (µg/g dry mass).