Em. Owens et al., OUTCOME OF INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS AMONG BROWN-ROT AND WHITE-ROT WOOD DECAY FUNGI, FEMS microbiology, ecology, 14(1), 1994, pp. 19-24
Interspecific mycelial interactions among brown-rot fungi resulted in
either deadlock or replacement of one fungus by the other. Similarly,
most of the brown-rot fungi deadlocked with some or all of the white-r
ot fungi tested, while a few were able to replace some of the white-ro
t fungi. The results indicate similarities in interspecific mycelial i
nteractions among brown-rot fungi and between brown-rot and white-rot
fungi. The results further suggest that some brown-rot fungi are capab
le of invading and occupying domains within white-rot fungal communiti
es in decaying wood.