Serpula lacrymans

Serpula lacrymans
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
	Boletus lacrymans Wulfen (1781); Merulius destruens Pers. (1801); Merulius lacrymans (Wulfen) Schumach. (1803); Serpula destruens (Pers.) Gray (1821); Xylomyzon destruens (Pers.) Pers. (1825); Gyrophana lacrymans (Wulfen) Pat. (1900)

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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^ Watkinson and Eastwood, S.C. and D.C. (2012). "Chapter 5 - Serpula lacrymans, Wood and Buildings". Advances in Applied Microbiology. 78: 121–49. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-394805-2.00005-1. ISBN 9780123948052. PMID 22305095.

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[2] Watkinson and Eastwood, S.C. and D.C. (2012). "Chapter 5 - Serpula lacrymans, Wood and Buildings". Advances in Applied Microbiology. 78: 121–49. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-394805-2.00005-1. ISBN 9780123948052. PMID 22305095.

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