Fig. 1.
Diagram of inoculation experiments with results. A. Inoculation of young cactus; B. Superficial application of young cactus; C. Traumatic application of mature cactus, with brown resulting scar; D. Superficial application of mature spines. Indications +/- refer to positive resp. negative results of re-isolated strains. Lower line: circles represent production of muriform cells, filaments represent hyphal growth.