The decay of beech wood samples in various stages of chemical processing to pulp by the wood-decaying fungus Pleurotus ostreatus was studied. Wood was processed using the sulfate method. The fungus decomposed untreated wood more efficiently than chemically modified one. The mass loss was proportional to the metabolic activity. With increased chemical treatment (delignification), the mass loss decreased but then increased again with rising fiber purity. Glucose showed the highest reduction, followed by xylose, and then mannose.
Ginterová A., Janotková O., Brabec J., Farkaš J. (1982): The effect of chemical treatment on the decay of wood by Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) Kumm. – Česká Mykologie 36(4): 228–231.
