Brown-rot fungi are considered to be the most important wood-inhabiting fungi economically, as they also deteriorate the wood that has been used in buildings. In the northern hemisphere, coniferous wood is the main source of interior structural timber. White-rot fungi, which degrade lignin and preferentially attack hardwood, are less common. Emphasis is usually placed on Serpula lacrymans or Coniophora puteana, which are the most common indoor basidiomycetes found in buildings in Europe. In this review, we summarize available data on the occurrence of wood decay fungi in the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany (both former East and West), Belgium, France, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Albania reported in the past few decades. The total number of occurrences was near 20,000; original data were collected between 1946 and 2008. The most abundant basidiomycetes were S. lacrymans and C. puteana, with the exception of Norway, where the genus Antrodia was the most frequent.

从经济上考虑，褐腐真菌被认为是最重要的居住木材的真菌，因为它们还会破坏已用于建筑的木材。在北半球，针叶木材是内部结构木材的主要来源。白腐真菌降解木质素并优先攻击硬木，这种情况较不常见。重点通常放在Serpula lacrymans或Coniophora puteana上，是欧洲建筑物中最常见的室内担子菌。在这篇综述中，我们总结了在以下国家报告的捷克共和国，波兰，德国（前东西方），比利时，法国，挪威，丹麦，芬兰，拉脱维亚，爱沙尼亚，罗马尼亚和阿尔巴尼亚发生的木材腐烂真菌的可用数据。在过去的几十年中。发生的总数接近20,000。原始数据收集于1946年至2008年之间。最丰富的担子菌是S. lacrymans和C. puteana，但挪威除外，其中Antrodia属最为常见。