Der echte Hausschwamm und andere das Bauholz zerstörende Pilze

Abstract

BOTH mycetologists and practical men will welcome the appearance of this second and revised edition of a well-known work dealing chiefly with the life-history of the fungus of dry rot (Merulius lacrymans)and the best modes of preventing its devastations, but likewise discussing other kinds of wood-boring funguses. In the first chapter the distribution of this fungus and the woods it chiefly attacks are discussed in detail while in the second attention is concentrated on its mode of development, and the means by which its presence can be detected. Illustrations, one in colours, in the latter chapter show the appearance presented by wood in an early stage of dry rot, while others depict the spores of the fungus. The life-history of Merulius forms the subject of the third chapter, in the course of which it is shown that moisture aids in its development and spread. The mode in which it affects wood, and the manner of its propagation, are discussed in subsequent chapters, after which the best methods of prevention are taken into consideration. A second and much shorter section of the work is devoted to the nature and ravages of Polyporus vaporarius and other wood-destroying funguses.

Der echte Hausschwamm und andere das Bauholz zerstörende Pilze.

By Dr. R. Hertwig. Second and enlarged edition, by Dr. C. F. yon Tubeuf. Pp. vii + 105; illustrated. (Berlin: Springer, 1902.)