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Driftwood, fixed in the field and examined with scanning electron microscopy, shows that its initial colonization is dominated by fungi. As the fungi developed microzonally, there was a tendency for single species domination. The removal of surface tissue exposed the vessels which were colonized by filamentous fungi, some of which were sporulating.
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Brooks, R.D., Goos, R.D. & Sieburth, J.M.N. Fungal infestation of the surface and interior vessels of freshly collected driftwood. Marine Biology 16, 274–278 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347749
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347749