Serpula lacrymans
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Serpula lacrymans is one of the fungi that cause damage to timber referred to as dry rot. It is a basidiomycete in the order Boletales. It has the ability to rapidly colonise sites through unique and highly specialised mycelium which also leads to greater degradation rates of wood cellulose.[2]
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Serpula lacrymans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Serpulaceae |
Genus: | Serpula |
Species: | S. lacrymans |
Binomial name | |
Serpula lacrymans (Wulfen) J. Schröt. (1888) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Boletus lacrymans Wulfen (1781) |
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