ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

developing on the plates. %- The number, of fungi growing an the plates
were recorded after 2--days In came any fast spreading fungi developed*
At day 5 any a-ttm fungi appearing on the plates were recorded and
the fungi Identified,
'Comparison of the tvo methods of plating mycotetes showed that
More -ieraitm-yces,
' colonies were obtained by breaking up mycotAtes -in
sterile water* than by placing whole ones on the plate
(Table %10),
This may Indicate som Inhibition of germination due to the close
proximity of spores in the Intact mycotaten* Although the spread
t3ethod. gives a higher number of colonies than the whole mycot8te
methodl tlie latter, modified slightly by breaking up the mycotete on
the surface of the plate to spread the spores$ vax adoptedt due to
there being lower contamination with this-mothod,
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