Morphology of colonies of <i>Pks1</i> gene mutants and their respective parental wild-type strains.

<p>WT: the wild-type strain; KO: <i>Pks1</i> knockout mutants; KD: <i>Pks1</i> knockdown mutants. Pictures were taken 18 days after inoculation with 5 μl of conidial suspension (4×10⁷ conidia/ml) on a PDA plate. Scale bars represent 1 mm in <i>M</i>. <i>album</i> and 10 mm in <i>M</i>. <i>anisopliae</i>, <i>M</i>. <i>brunneum</i>, <i>M</i>. <i>guizhouense</i>, <i>M</i>. <i>majus</i>, and <i>M</i>. <i>acridum</i>.