Talk:Serpula (fungus)

Dry rot
Sigh - having trouble finding a reference which discusses the genus and/or calls it the dry rot genus....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:49, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep, I see what you mean. It appears the specific term is only used (in this genus, anyway) in conjunction with S. lacrymans; the other wild isolates of Serpula do not occupy the same environmental nice and are more general brown rot decayers. I think we can rescue the DYK hook simply by swapping dry with brown. Sasata (talk) 04:38, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * So, the reason it is called "brown-rot" is because it leaves nearly all the lignin behind, not decaying it in any significant manner. If you want to talk about the ability of brown-rot species to alter the structure of lignin (which does happen so that access to cellulose and hemi-cellulose can occur), you should be more specific and include a few more articles. I know; bein the jerk who mentions it but doesn't add it.  Sorry, I'm too busy at the moment.  I will get to it, but not for a week or so. M.E.Nuhn (talk) 01:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)