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serpula

(ˈsɜːpjʊlə)
n
(Animals) a member of a genus of marine annelid or tubeworm belonging to the Serpulid family, characterized by the serpentine calcareous tube it produces and inhabits
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What name is given to the decay of timber caused by cellulosedigesting fungi such as Serpula lacrymans?
Adults of Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901 that were removed from their tubes released sperm and eggs that were then combined for fertilization.
Phylum/Class Family Species Porifera -- -- Mollusca Gastropoda Pyrantidellidae Brachystomia scalar is (McGillivray, 1843) Vermetidae -- -- Bivalvia Mytilidae Perna perna L., 1758 Annelida Polychaeta Capitellidae Capitella capitata oculata Hartman, 1961 Serpulidae Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855) Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1835 Salmacina sctosa Langerhans, 1884 Serpula vermicularis L., 1767 S.
For our study, we chose to focus specifically on Gloeophyllum trabeum and Serpula lacrymans from two distinct clades (Gloeophyllales and Boletales, resp.).
A If it's on the inside and on timbers with a cotton wool-like appearance, it may be dry rot (Serpula lacrymans).
Curtis) Ginns & Weresub Nuevo Leon (Marmolejo y Mendez-Cortes, 2007) Paxillaceae Hydnomerulius pinastri (Fr.) Jarosch & Besl [equivalente a] Leucogyrophana pinastri (Fr.) Ginns & Weresub [equivalente a] Merulius pinastri (Fr.) Burt Puebla, sin localidad precisa (Welden y Lemke, 1961; Cibrian-Tovar y Valenzuela-Garza, 2007b) Serpulaceae Serpula lacrymans (Wulfen) P.
For this author, the Pamplona marls (Pamplona Marl Formation) were identical to the "marls of Serpula spirulaea", which were continuations of the La Canal de Berdun marls (Zaragoza, Aragon).
4 Dry rot is also caused by a fungus (serpula lacrymans), but one that's far more destructive.
Kauserud (2013).Molecular characterization of sexual diversity in a population of Serpula lacrymans a tetrapolar basidiomycete.