Illustrations: S. commune—LH 105; NB 1256; WD 693. F. hepatica—F 43a (lower figure); Hvass 278; LH 75; NB 1292; WD 1014.
Plate 49. Woody fungi: Spores white and borne on split-‘gills’
![[Larger illustration]](#467779198995390083_illo153lg.png.id-3135440864598705224.wrap-0.html.html){kind=link}
(b) Destroyers of timber in buildings
Serpula lacrymans (Fries) Karsten Dry-rot fungus
Description:
Fruit-body: usually widely spreading, but sometimes forming a distinct bracket with the upper surface silvery or smokey grey, flushed with lilac or rose or yellowish.
Stem: absent and replaced by a series of dirty white or greyish mycelial threads or strands which can be traced up to 100 mm over the substrate.
Flesh: thin, dirty yellowish and composed of only one type of hypha.