It is believed that it may feed on bacteria or the products of wood decay but very little is known of the biology of this echinoderm.

The original tower suffered from wood decay and was later replaced with a metal structure.

Zersetzungserscheinungen des Holzes (1878) Initiated the modern era of understanding of wood decay.

Heterobasidion annosum and wood decay: Enzymology of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin degradation.

The pathway depends on the type of wood decay - in fungi either brown rot, soft rot, or white rot.

His work included the use of cladistics, synoptic keys, and the study of wood decay, wood decay inhibitors, and detoxification processes.

Hericium abietis causes a white pocket rot of conifers; this is a form of wood decay featuring a selective attack on lignin and hemicellulose in wood.

From the outline of wood decay and presence of nails, the scientists said, the man had been buried in a wooden coffin.

Polypores and their relatives corticioid fungi are the most important agents of wood decay.