Fig. 2.

Colony morphology and conidiation of WT, ΔhepA, and recomplement strains. a Colony morphology of 5-day-old cultures for WT, ΔhepA, and the recomplement strains on PDA or VMM with 2 % glucose, 2 % starch, and 2 % cellulose at 30 °C. The 1 μL conidia solutions of WT, ΔhepA, RpohepA, and RAnhepA were dropped onto the agar at a density of 10⁶ conidia mL⁻¹. b Levels of conidiation on PDA or Vogel’s salt agar with 2 % glucose. Plates were incubated at 30 °C for 4 days, and 5-mm diameter colony agar plugs in triplicate were sampled for each strain. The number of conidia was determined using a hemocytometer