Preservation of basidiomycete hyphae in ancient waterlogged wood materials
IRG/WP 92-1536
T Nilsson, G F Daniel
Studies on waterlogged archaeological wood show that basidiomycete hyphae may persist as long as 800 years. In two pine wood samples with Phellinus pini heartrot, one from the foremast of the ship Vasa and the other from a bulwark constructed in the first part of the 12th century, numerous resin covered hyphae were observed. Hyphae with clamp connections that were associated with brown and white rot decay were observed in other samples from the bulwark.
Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGICAL TIMBERS; BACTERIA; BASIDIOMYCETES; BROWN ROT; HYPHAE; PHELLINUS PINI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOFT ROT; WATERLOGGING; WHITE ROT