White and brown rot fungi efficiently deconstruct lignocellulose in wood, Earth's largest pool
of aboveground biotic carbon and an important natural resource. Despite its vital …

Wood-degrading fungi use a sequence of oxidative and hydrolytic mechanisms to loosen
lignocellulose and then release and metabolize embedded sugars. These temporal …

Among wood‐degrading fungi, lineages holding taxa that selectively metabolize
carbohydrates without significant lignin removal (brown rot) are polyphyletic, having evolved …

Wood-decomposing fungi use distinct strategies to deconstruct wood that can significantly
vary carbon release rates and fates. White and brown rot-type fungi attack lignin as a …

Brown rot fungi have great potential in biorefinery wood conversion systems because they
are the primary wood decomposers in coniferous forests and have an efficient lignocellulose …

Wood-degrading fungi vary in their strategies for deconstructing wood, and their competitive
successes shape the rate and fate of carbon released from wood, Earth's largest pool of …

Brown rot fungi release massive amounts of carbon from forest deadwood, particularly at
high latitudes. These fungi degrade wood by generating small reactive oxygen species …

Fungi play a key role cycling nutrients in forest ecosystems, but the mechanisms remain
uncertain. To clarify the enzymatic processes involved in wood decomposition, the …

Wood extractives, solvent-soluble fractions of woody biomass, are considered to be a factor
impeding or excluding fungal colonization on the freshly harvested conifers. Among wood …

Certain wood decay basidiomycetes, collectively referred to as brown rot fungi, rapidly
depolymerize cellulose while leaving behind the bulk of cell wall lignin as a modified …