Table 1.

Potassium concentration, measured by flame photometry, and osmotic pressure, determined using a dew-point osmometer, of fluids extracted by centrifugation from the wood of a sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) tree naturally infected with Cryptostroma corticale.

[K+] (mM)Osmotic pressure (bar)
Healthy wood5.81.5
Stained wood
  (equivalent to reaction zone)118.04.8