Table 1.

Number of viable fungi counts from each soil sample.

Soil	CFU g−1∗	First selected isolates†	Genera (number of colonies)	Final selected isolates‡
1	4.5 × 104	13	Aspergillus (1), Byssochlamys (1), Fusarium (1), Penicillium (5), Trichoderma (2), unknown (3)	3
2	3.5 × 104	8	Paecilomyces (1), Aspergillus (4), Cladosporium (1), Mucor (2), Penicillium (2), unknown (7)	2
3	6.5 × 104	17	Acremonium (1), Penicillium (2), Trichoderma (1), unknown (4)	6
4	7.0 × 104	6	Penicillium (3), unknown (3)	0
5	6.5 × 104	6	Penicillium (1), unknown (5)	0

*Colony-forming units per gram of dry soil.

^†Number of different strains isolated in pure culture based on colony morphology.

^‡Number of fungal isolates that passed the semiquantitative screening at all pH values tested.