Fig. 2

Schematic depiction of the formation of pelleted or dispersed macromorphological units during submerged cultivation. An inoculum of spores (black circles) either disperse or coagulate, which is dependent on fungal species and cultivation conditions (see main text). If dispersed, germinated hyphae can either agglomerate to form pellets or remain dispersed throughout cultivation. Sheering at pellet peripheries generates dispersed hyphal fragments in a phenomenon known as reseeding