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7.1 Brown Rot 137<br />

et al. 2004), and in Gloeophyllum trabeum and Oligoporus placenta (Goodell<br />

2003). Non-enzymatic, low molecular agents produced by the brown-rot fungi<br />

are responsible for initial stages of cell wall attack (Goodell 2003; Chap. 4).<br />

Of about 1,700 wood-degrading Basidiomycetes in North America, only 120<br />

species (7%) caused brown rot, and of these 79 (65%) were polypores (Eriksson<br />

et al. 1990; Ryvarden and Gilbertson 1993). White-rot fungi distribute broader<br />

over the different basidiomycetous groups and some belong to the Ascomycetes<br />

(Rayner and Boddy 1988). Most brown-rot fungi affect conifers (Ryvarden and<br />

Gilbertson 1993), while white-rot fungi occur more frequently on hardwoods.<br />

Brown rot occurs in standing trees, felled and processed wood as well as in<br />

sapwood and heartwood. In the northern hemisphere, the majority of timber<br />

used in construction is from conifers. Thus, a large part of wood in outdoor and<br />

indoor service is destructed due to the action of brown-rot fungi. Brown rot is<br />

usually uniformly distributed over the substrate. A brown cubical pocket rot is<br />

caused by Laurelia taxodii in cypress and by Oligoporus amarus (Fig. 7.1C) in<br />

incense cedar. Decay pockets are localized and surrounded by firm wood (Zabel<br />

and Morrell 1992). A woody substrate both may show brown rot and white rot;<br />

a standing tree of Picea engelmannii exhibited “white pocket rot” by Phellinus<br />

pini in the heartwood (Chap. 8.3.8), and after wind throw the healthy areas<br />

became brown-rotten (Blanchette 1983). Brown-rot wood debris is extremely<br />

stable due to its content of slightly modified lignin and has remained unaltered<br />

in the soil for centuries. In conifers forests, this humic material may comprise<br />

up to 30 vol% in the upper layers (Swift 1982; Ryvarden and Gilbertson 1993).<br />

Table 7.1 lists some important brown rot.<br />

Table 7.1. Some common brown-rot fungi<br />

Fungus Predominant occurrence<br />

standing timber timber softwood hardwood<br />

tree outdoors indoors<br />

Laetiporus sulphureus × ×<br />

Phaeolus schweinitzii × ×<br />

Piptoporus betulinus × ×<br />

Sparassis crispa × ×<br />

Gloeophyllum spp. × ×<br />

Daedalea quercina × ×<br />

Lentinus lepideus × ×<br />

Paxillus panuoides × ×<br />

Antrodia spp. × ×<br />

Coniophora spp. × ×<br />

Serpula lacrymans × ×<br />

Meruliporia incrassata × × ×<br />

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