Bulletin 229, Diseases of Citrus in Florida According to Hedges and Tenny, who made a detailed study of the disease and the fungus causing it, fruiting bodies have not been found on naturally occurring knots, although a few strains of the fungus have been found to produce fruiting bodies on galls induced by inoculations in the greenhouse. The exact mode by Fig. 45.-Citrus knot on grapefruit branch.