Fig. 5From: Diverse Xylaria in the Ecuadorian Amazon and their mode of wood degradationScanning electron micrographs of transverse sections of melina (Gmelina arborea) wood uninoculated and inoculated with three different species of Xylaria. A Uninoculated melina wood showing all cell walls and components intact, B to D (Xylaria curta (B), Xylaria 2 (C) and Xylaria 1 (D). Type 1 and Type 2 soft rot were evident. Type 2 soft rot can be seen in B with the cell walls almost completely eroded from the lumen towards the middle lamella. Some cells also have Type 1 soft rot with cavities evident in some cell walls. Soft rot cavities were also present in wood decayed by Xylaria 2 (C) and Xylaria 1 (D). Bar 100 µm (A) and 25 µm in B–DBack to article page