An attempt to grow dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans on mortar substrate in non-sterile conditions
IRG/WP 1385
L N Trong
According to many experts, Serpula lacrymans is probably the most dangerous wood destroying fungus in houses. Investigations of KOCH, A.P. (2) showed that incidence of this fungus in percent was around 20% when the frequency of some other standard fungi was far below (Coriolus versicolor: 0.2% for example). The work presented here is a part of a program carried out at CTFT for assessing the resistance of wood-based panels to Basidiomycetes by evaluating the losses of static bending resistance. This attempt is juste a little contribution to further projects.