BUILDING MYCOLOGY

Abstract

Building mycology is a branch of construction that deals with identifying the causes and effects of biological corrosion, as well as protecting against and combating it. Biological corrosion is a type of corrosion occurring under the influence of microorganisms – in the human residential microenvironment, it is mainly bacteria and fungi, as well as their metabolic products, which create an obviously corrosive environment. Other biological factors responsible for this type of corrosion in relation to building materials are, in Polish conditions, primarily: algae, lichens, bryophytes and insects – technical pests of construction wood.