TABLE 2A.

Linear (Y = M × X + B) model fit coefficients, standard error (S), and the coefficient of determination (R²) for the% of component remaining in aspen wood as a function of mass loss after degradation by tested brown rot and white rot fungi.

	Brown rot				White rot				T-test			Levene’s test
Component	M	B	S	R2	M	B	S	R2	T	P	DF	F	P
Glucan	–1.335	1.009	0.023	0.970	–1.228	1.009	0.038	0.805	0.50	0.619	69	6.84	0.011
Xylan	–1.459	0.987	0.032	0.953	–0.938	1.016	0.030	0.813	2.65	0.010	58	0.24	0.625
Mannan	–2.253	0.965	0.061	0.922	–1.565	1.020	0.111	0.449	1.17	0.244	67	0.25	0.620
Lignin	–0.118	0.877	0.070	0.258	–1.395	0.945	0.090	0.497	–4.44	0.000	65	1.46	0.231

Results of two sample t-tests comparing the effect of brown rot and white rot on the rate of loss and Levene’s test for equal variances about the model fits between the two decay types are also included.