The extracellular colorants produced by Chlorociboria aeruginosa, Scytalidium
cuboideum, and Scytalidium ganodermophthorum, three commonly utilized spalting fungi,
were tested against a standard woodworker’s aniline dye to determine if the fungal colorants
could be utilized in an effort to find a naturally occurring replacement for the synthetic dye.
Fungal colorants were...