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Mold is also very hard on the health. Mold sensitivities are common and for some who are allergic, mold can diminish the quality of life. Dry rot fungus also known as Serpula lacrymans when found is usually in the company of mold. Dry rot is a decay fungus and is typically found on wood.
Simply so, is dry rot fungus dangerous?
Of all the timber fungi, dry rot is one of the most dangerous, not just to the integrity of your building, but because of the underlying damp problem it represents. Whilst dry rot on its own won't cause too many health problems, it can cause costly structural damage that will eventually become a health hazard.
Keeping this in view, what does dry rot fungus look like?
Identifying Dry Rot grey-whitish 'skin' tinged with yellow and lilac patches. mushroom-like fruiting body – soft, fleshy and looks like a pancake or a bracket – often orangey in colour, rust coloured in the centre, with wide pores. red dust from spreading spores, often found around fruiting bodies.
Typical indications of dry rot include:
- Wood shrinks, darkens and cracks in a 'cuboidal' manner (see picture)
- A silky grey to mushroom coloured skin frequently tinged with patches of lilac and yellow often develops under less humid conditions.
- White, fluffy 'cottonwool' mycelium develops under humid conditions.