Plagues upon houses and cars: The unnatural history of Meruliporia incrassata, Serpula lacrymans and Sphaerobolus stellatus

Fungi in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 289-310

  Money, Nicholas P ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541797.015     Document Type: Chapter

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