Fungal growth could be modelled with power curves for all three soil treatments (Fig. 3). Fungal growth in the constantly moist control soil decreased with about 30% from the initiation of the
experiment until rates stabilized after about 50 h after experiment initiation. Immediately upon rewetting, fungal growth increased from values lower than those in the constantly moist control in both 4-days and 1-year dried soils, but initial rates were lower inthe 1-year dried compared to the 4-days dried soil (Fig. 3). Fungal growth in the 4-days dried soilwas reduced to 35% compared to the moist control soil directly after rewetting, whereas an almost 95% reduction of fungal growth compared to the moist control soil was found in the 1-year dried soil. Fungal growth reached the same activity as the constantly moist soil within 50 h for the 4-days dried
soil, and after about 1 week for the 1-year dried soil.