The new dimethoxycatechol 4,5-dimethoxy-1,2-benzenediol (DMC) and the new dimethoxyhydroquinone 2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-benzenediol (DMH) were isolated from stationary cultures of the brown rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum growing on a glucose mineral medium protected from light. The structure was elucidated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry through comparison to a synthetic standard. Further co...

Brown rot basidiomycetes have long been thought to lack the processive cellulases that release soluble sugars from crystalline cellulose. On the other hand, these fungi remove all of the cellulose, both crystalline and amorphous, from wood when they degrade it. To resolve this discrepancy, we grew Gloeophyllum trabeum on microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel) and purified the major glycosylhydrola...

We amplified RPB1, RPB2, and the ITS and LSU ribosomal genes from species mostly in the phlebioid clade, focusing heavily in phanerochaetoid taxa. We performed Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian analyses for different combinations of datasets. Our results provide a strongly supported phylogenetic picture of the phlebioid clade, representing 89 species in the four genes analyses, of which 49 repres...

Basidiomycete brown-rot fungi have a huge importance for wood decomposition and thus the global carbon cycle. Here, we present the genome sequence of Fomitopsis pinicola GR9-4 which represent different F. pinicola clade than the previously sequenced North American isolate FP-58527 SS1. The genome was sequenced by using a paired-end sequence library of Illumina and a 2.5k and 5k mate-pair librar...

Wood-decaying Basidiomycetes are among the most efficient degraders of plant cell walls, making them key players in forest ecosystems, global carbon cycle, and bio-based industries. Recent insights from -omics data revealed a high functional diversity wood-decay strategies, especially traditional white-rot brown-rot dichotomy. We examined mechanistic bases conifer-specialists Armillaria ostoyae...

Conventional wood preservatives have provided excellent protection against wood-degrading organisms; however, increasing public mistrust of these chemicals has encouraged a search for alternative wood protection strategies that take advantage of the physiological capabilities of the target organisms. One approach is to use chelators to sequester elements required by fungi to initiate the decay ...

Results of research on the diversity wood-rot fungi found in buildings and outdoor wooden engineering structures Poland are presented this article. A total 47 species genera from Basidiomycota (19 brown rot fungi, 28 white fungi) 1 genus Ascomycota (1 fungus that does not cause wood decay) were damaged buildings. The greatest number was reported (33 species), followed by unoccupied residential ...