Talk:Dry rot
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19-09-2006
Removed a contribution by Anthony Appleyard:
"the fungi can remain active in the dry because they make water by oxidizing the wood."
The oxidation of cellulose by any fungus using the brown rot decay mechanism requires water, although the exact mechanism of decay is not fully understood. Further information at:
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1997/green97b.pdf#search=%22brown%20rot%20decay%20mechanism%22
-Frederick Green III's work on the mechanism is really insteresting. Additionally:
provides a good overview, although it's 10years old now.
Regardless of how the specifics of how the mechanism works, there is no evidence that S. lacrymans or M incrassata have modified it to the extent they no longer require the presence of water. The practice of killing S. lacrymans in some situations within buildings by the removal of water is well established.
