Fig. 7

Scanning electron micrographs of transverse sections of moral (Chlorophora tinctoria) wood uninoculated and inoculated with three different species of Xylaria. A) Uninoculated moral wood showing all cell walls that are intact with thick fiber cell walls (B–D) Wood inoculated with Xylaria curta (B) Xylaria 2 (C) and Xylaria 1 (D). All inoculated woods had Type 1 soft rot attack with cavities present in the secondary walls. Advanced stages of Type 1 soft rot are evident in the thick fiber cell walls of wood (C and D). Bar = 100 µum in A, and 25 µm in B–D