Nia vibrissa — a marine white rot fungus

The gasteromycete, Nia vibrissa , was isolated from wood submerged in the sea and its growth and ability to degrade wood was examined using the light and scanning electron microscopes. Basidiocarps developed on submerged and unsubmerged wood. The surface of the basidiocarps was composed of hook-like uncinate hyphae which may aid dispersal. When cultured on different wood species N. vibrissa caused a pattern of wood decay characteristic of the white rot type. Wood decay enzyme assays confirmed the observational diagnosis. The white rot type of attack exhibited by N. vibrissa represents a previously undocumented form of wood degradation by a marine fungus.

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