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Wood decay caused by Serpula lacrymans (called true dry rot, a type of brown-rot). Fomes fomentarius is a stem decay plant pathogen Dry rot and water damage. A wood-decay or xylophagous fungus is any species of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot.
Daedaleopsis confragosa is a lignicolous fungus that produces a decay of sapwood. It causes white rot, a type of wood decay in which lignin is degraded and cellulose remains as a light-colored residue. The fruit bodies grow singly or in groups, [12] sometimes in tiers, [17] in the wounds of living trees.
Dry rot is wood decay caused by one of several species of fungi that digest parts of wood which give it strength and stiffness. It was previously used to describe any decay of cured wood in ships and buildings by a fungus which resulted in a darkly colored deteriorated and cracked condition.
This key and an identification service was used for investigations in forest management by Forest Pathologists across Canada and contributed to the solution of many decay problems. [1] During the 1940s and 1950s Nobles' lab was the centre for identification of cultured wood-destroying fungi for the Canadian Forestry Service. The goal was to ...
Pages in category "Wood-decay fungi" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brown rot (wood decay) C.
Peniophora quercina typically grows upon dead wood, which can be attached to the tree or fallen, [4] where it causes white rot. [9] It favours oak, but can also be found on other deciduous trees, [4] such as beech. [8] P. quercina is known to be a pioneer species on dead wood, which means it can be the first species to grow. [9]
Wood impacted by this fungus may become more brittle and prone to breakage in high winds, and cannot be used for pulp production. [2] This species requires exposed wood of wounds for entry, continuing their decay after the tree dies. On dead trees, the fungus general affects the sapwood and then progresses into heartwood. [3]
The fungus grows on wood from coniferous trees, [1] such as pine wood, under damp conditions, with a wood moisture content of 40 to 50 percent. [3] In humid atmospheres, the white cotton-like mycelium can grow on wood surfaces and cross inert materials.