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Brown-rot fungi

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000935

A group of decay fungi that are able to degrade cellulose and hemicellulose in wood, but not lignin. Compare with white rot fungi.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000935
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsbrown rot fungi; brown-rot fungus
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoDecay fungi; Brown rot disease
TranslationsSpanish: hongos de pudrición parda
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000935",
  "term": "Brown-rot fungi",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A group of decay fungi that are able to degrade cellulose and hemicellulose in wood, but not lignin. Compare with white rot fungi.",
  "synonyms": [
    "brown rot fungi",
    "brown-rot fungus"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "decay fungi",
    "brown rot disease"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "hongos de pudrición parda"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/brown-rot-fungi/"
}

Record 925 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.