Naturalna trwałość drewna lim (Erythrophleum fordi Oliv.) i kien (Hopea pierrei Chance), materiału konstrukcyjnego zabytkowych budynków w Hue

The authors established species of fungi damaging timber used in the historical buildings located within the citadel in Hue (Central Vietnam): Serpula la c ry tn an s (Wulf.: Fr.) Schroet., Poria m e d u lla ris S. F. Gray, P h leb io p sis g ig an ta e (Fr.) Jünlich, A n tro d ia se rialis (Fr.) Donk, P eniophora p u rp u rne Bres., G lo e lo p h y llum tra b eum (Pers.: Fr.) Murr, P h o lio ta a d ip o za Fr., S ch izo p h y llum c om m u n e Fr., and T ricboderma v irid e Persoon ex S. F. Gray. The article discusses damage and incorrect construction solutions which contributed to the extensive development of fungi in conditions created by the extremely humid and warm climate of Vietnam. Studies pertained to the resistance of the he a rt-w o o d of contemporary and nineteenth-century E r y th ro p h leum fo rd i Oliv, and H o p e a pierrei Chanse upon disintegration caused by Serpula la c r ym a n s (brown timber disintegration), Tramete s v e r sic o lo r (L.) Pil. (white timber disintegration) and Trich o d e rm a v irid e (grey timber disintegration). The employed background is composed of the heartwood of the European oak (Querqus sp.). It was found that E r y th ro p h leum fo rd i Oliv., even about a hundred and fifty years-old, comprises splendid construction material, extremely resilient to disintegration produced by fungi. Contemporary H o p e a pierrei Chanse is also resistant to biodégradation. Nonetheless, nineteenth-century H o p e a p ie rre i Chanse is less resilient to fungi-caused disintegration than E r y th ro p h leum fo rd i Oliv.