Days after liming 1 14 28 32 34 Ergosterol μg.g-1DM Mean Stdv Mean Stdv Mean Stdv Mean Stdv Mean Stdv Sandstone Acid 111± 30 110± 34 136± 50 123± 40 92± 35 Sandstone Amended 138± 15 74± 13 111± 25 119± 97 124± 65 Granite Acid 139± 102 97± 36 229± 82 165± 89 102± 60 Granite Amended 163± 55 123± 57 151± 31 123± 51 184± 51

Table 1: Soil ergosterol content (μg.g-1 DM) of all the 24 microcosms’ samples of two substrates (sandstone and granite) with three days of sampling interval (mean and standard deviation).