Both fungi, Coniophora cerebella and Lenzites trabea, are important destroyers of timber. Coniophora often occurs inside buildings and Lenzites trabea has been observed on southern facades of buildings, on balconies and window frames. In most instances that we investigated coniferous timber had been decayed. But both species are known to attack also various hardwoods. For this reason tests similar to those carried out with Serpula lacrymans (see O. Wächli, Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff, 31, (1973) 96-102), have been made with both fungi on various home-grown and foreign wood species.

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