The concentration of disodium octaborate (BAE) which prevented mycelial growth of a common brown rot and 3 white rot fungi was compared to that required to prevent basidiospore germination on malt extract agar. Spore germination sensitivity was lower (50%) for only one of the white rot fungi. However, when spore germination thresholds were tested in malt extract-borate solutions in well slides (no agar), much lower thresholds were noted for 3 of 4 fungi. Neither set of threshold data predicted that noted in limited tests on aspen (Populus tremuloides).

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