Ok, I managed to isolate the problem:Everything works fine as long as I'm putting \Tree [.$\sigma$ $\mu$ $ \mu$ ] into ERT. If I put it into a math environment (Instant Preview is turned "on") which I instantiated by pressing the "Insert Math" button the problem occurs as before.
How come?
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