David Kaley
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Thanks Gerrit, looks like you've hit the nail on the head there
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Hi Fungus, I got this information from Schwarze, Engels and Mattheck (2001): fungal strategies of wood decay in trees, who claim that K.deusta does convert the substance of the host into melanin. Is this info wrong? I'm not trying to argue here, but I always hoped this was a reliable source.
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I stand corrected, I'm still learning to understand the effects of fungi upon trees. However, I am quite sure that in other cases K.deusta does produce demarcation lines comprised of melanin in the method that I described.
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Thanks for posting this, this image has been really useful. The black demarcation lines in the wood are comprised of melanin. These are produced by the fungus, which through the activity of phenolaxidases converts the xylem into melanin. This maintains suitable conditions for the fungus, such as moisture content.
