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IN a recent paper, Lindberg1 described a transmissible disease of Helminthosporium victoriae in which the infective agent, not identified, caused a stunting of the mycelium. This condition could be transmitted to healthy cultures through contact, either by growing the two types together or by treating normal cultures with a suspension of macerated diseased mycelium in sterile water.
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Lindberg, G. D., Phytopath., 49, 29 (1959).
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GANDY, D. ‘Watery Stipe’ of Cultivated Mushrooms. Nature 185, 482–483 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185482a0
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