Table 2. Description and values of the identified parameters to be applied in the simulation of the mycelial growth.

Parameter	Description	Value & expression
$\overline{D_h}$a	Average diameter of hyphae	3μm
kactive	Proportion of active tips	Lag phase: 0.72 Exponential phase: 0.7
f(Rtip)b	Tip extension rate distribution	$\Gamma (\alpha =1.51,\beta =0.09)+4.65\times {10}^{-6}(R_{tip}^{max}-R_{tip})$
klag	Ratio of emerged branch numbers per hypha during the lag phase to that during the exponential phase ([φbr]lag/[φbr]exp)	1/5
f(θ)	Branch angle distribution	$\mathcal{N}$(μ = 77.6°, σ = 12.3°)
Nlbs/Nabs	Ratio of the number of LB sites to that of AB sites	4.0 − 5.0c
f(l)	Branching length distribution	5-day-old: Γ(α = 1.32, β = 0.022) 7-day-old: Γ(α = 1.71, β = 0.039) 9-day-old: Γ(α = 1.52, β = 0.045)

^a identified by the observations using CLSM;

^b fit to all the data from the 4th day to the 14th day (S5 Fig);

^c from the 7th day.