Wet rot and dry rot were a regular topic around our tea table. Their scientific names of these spores are Serpula lacrymans (dry rot) and Coniophora puteana (wet rot). Wet rot spores also don’t move across dry areas as dry rot spores can. Still, with imperfect, cavalier treatment as the timber dries out, but stays wet enough, dry rot can take up where wet rot left off. It typically takes a long time for dry rot to actually start flowering on interior walls in full view.

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2021 14:15 UTC