Definition of "white-rot" [white-rot]

• See rot. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Fortunately, as but one example of a phytoremediating organism, there is the white-rot fungus Phlebia radiate, specifically mentioned by New Scientist in a short article about Robert Riggs 'idea for what Subtopia brilliantly referred to as fungoidal bomb-hacking."
• "A little bit of punky (white-rot afflicted) wood, combined with false tinder fungus (small bracket fungus found on birch trees) ignited will produce a smudgey-smoke that keeps ants at bay for a while."
• "Biodelignification studies of wheat straw using the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus have been reported by Detroy et al. As part of this work, the cellulose content of wheat straw and the susceptibility of this cellulose to enzymatic hydrolysis was tracked during a 50-day fermentation with P. ostreatus."