Figure 9.
(A) The sclerotium of Polyporus umbellatus collected from Guxian, Shanxi. The surface of the sclerotium was attached to and penetrated by A. mellea rhizomorphs. (B) The internal part of the sclerotium. The black region (CT) surrounding the area invaded by rhizomorphs of A. mellea (black arrow) and and the none-invading region (CK) was white in color (blue arrow).