All fungi were obtained from Scion’s mycological depository. The commercial enzymes Celluclast 1.5L and Novo-188 were obtained from Novozymes A/S. All other chemicals were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and were used as received. An individual culture of each fungus was transferred from their glycerol stocks (40 % w/v glycerol) aseptically onto 1.5 % w/v malt agar nutrient medium and incubated in the dark at 75 % relative humidity and 25 °C. Each fungus was grown for 2 weeks till mycelium and fungal colonies are clearly seen. These plates are used as the stock cultures in sub-culturing onto the fresh solid or liquid media.