Inoculum plates were prepared by transferring mycelium
pieces from Sabouraud slants to Sabouraud plates containing
2 mM phenol, followed by incubation at 30 ◦C. Considering
that strains do not have the same growth rates, the period
of incubation varied from 5 to 7 days in order to obtain a
similar radial growth and minimize variations in the starting
inoculum.