前言本文叙述在苏格兰严重引起针叶树心材腐朽的一些真菌。“心腐”的含义系指心材的顶腐、干腐和基腐,由于最主要的干腐真菌系通过根系侵入,故亦简略叙述根腐。一般心腐的危害率与严重程度随树木年龄而增加,亦常与林地先前的使用状况有明显关系。苏格兰原有大片松林和各种阔叶林,其中大部份 Preface This article describes some of the fungi that cause severe coniferous heartwood decay in Scotland. The meaning of “heart rot” refers to the top rot, the dry rot and the base rot of the heartwood. Since the most important dry rot fungi invades through the root system, it also briefly describes root rot. The damage rate and severity of general heart rot increase with tree age and are often also significantly related to the previous use of forest land. The original large-scale pine forest in Scotland and all kinds of broad-leaved forest, most of them