Decay of Timber in Buildings: Dry Rot, Wet Rot and Other Fungi |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Wood structure and decay | 13 |
The Fungi | 21 |
Copyright | |
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appearance areas brick brickwork Britain brown building timbers carbon cycle carbon dioxide cell wall cellulose cent colour condensation Coniophora puteana Crown Copyright cuboidal cuboidal cracking damage damp-proof course Death watch beetle decay caused decay of timber decayed wood develop dry rot attack dry rot fungus dry rot outbreaks dry rot sporophore enzymes Euophryum confine faults Fibroporia vaillantii Floor Joist fruiting body fungal decay fungicidal fluids glucose grow hardwoods heartwood hyphae important incidence of dry insect joinery layer major wood-rotting fungi materials membrane moisture content mortar moulds mycelium occurs optimum penetrating damp photosynthesis plaster pores Poria pre-treated produced RENTOKIL result rising damp rot and wet sapwood Serpula lacrymans skirting boards softwoods sound timber species spores sporophore spread strands structure temperature timber timber in buildings total number tracheids treatment trees True dry rot usually wall surfaces weevil wet rot wet rot fungi Wharf borer white rot wood-boring weevils