White pocket rot

Samples of silicified Triassic Period gymnosperms from Antarctica have been reported with evidence of a white pocket rot (24). The decayed silicified... 

Phellinus pini is the most economically important conifer decay fungus which causes white pocket rot in many species of pine. Antagonism between P. pini and several other wood pathogens have been reported. When the fungus was grown in liquid medium several aromatic and benzoquinone metabolites were isolated of which 4-hydroxystyrene (33) and the pentaenone 35 showed activity against... 

Types of Decay. As shown in Figure 3, wood decay fungi can be divided into three classes based on the type of decay they cause white, brown, and soft rots. The white rots can be further separated into pocket rots and uniform rots (Figure 3). In North America, the white and brown rots are caused by about 1700 species of wood-decaying fungi in the class Basidiomycetes over 90% of these cause the white rot type of decay (67). Early reports of non-basidiomycete... 

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