Fungal Tests

Mérule pleureus (autrement connu sous le nom de champignon pourriture sèche brune) peut causer des dommages irréversibles si rien n’est fait. Les dommages causés par mérule pleureus sont bien visibles et faciles à reconnaître car ils jaunissent souvent le bois infecté, lui donnant une texture friable et sèche. Cependant, au moment où ces symptômes sont […]

Serpula lacrymans is the most common of several fungi known to cause dry rot. Colonization of wood by dry rot fungi can cause irreversible damage if left unchecked. Damage caused by S. lacrymans is highly conspicuous and easily recognized, causing the infected wood to turn brown, crumbly, and dry.  However, by the time these changes are noticeable, the […]

The fungi responsible for wood rot are not molds in the conventional sense of the word. Wood rot fungi are typically members of the Basidiomycota. They are commonly categorized according to the physical changes they produce in colonized wood – a function of their physiological approach to wood degradation. Two main strategies are recognized: Brown […]

This test provides a low-level identification of a pure fungal culture by sequencing of portions of the nuclear ribosomal gene, specifically the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region or other gene regions deemed most suitable based on preliminary culture and microscopic screening. Although it is not always possible to recover fungi in pure culture in order […]

Blastomyces is a genus of dimorphic fungi that can cause a disease called blastomycosis in humans and other animals. Species of Blastomyces exist in the environment in a filamentous form and can produce infectious spores that can be inhaled. Once inside the body, the spores transform into yeast-like cells that can cause localized or disseminated […]