Soil colonization by Trametes versicolor grown on lignocellulosic materials: Substrate selection and naproxen degradation

► Lignocellulosic substrates were employed as inoculum carriers for fungal growth. ► Colonization was monitored by means of laccase activity, ergosterol and naproxen degradation test (ND24). ► Soil colonization was successful under sterile and non-sterile conditions. ► T. versicolor degraded naproxen after 24 h in sterile and non-sterile soil cultures.