Dry rot The term "dry rot", or "true dry rot", refers to the decay of timbers from only certain species of fungi that are thought to provide their own source of moisture and nutrients to cause decay in otherwise relatively dry timber. However, there has been no published experimental evidence to support the phenomenon. In modern texts, the term 'dry rot' is used in reference to damage inflicted by either: "Serpula lacrymans" (formerly "Merulius lacrymans") predominantly in the United Kingdom and northern Europe; and/or "Meruliporia incrassata" (which has a number of synonyms, including "Poria incrassata" and "Serpula incrassata") in North America. Both
Center for Scientific and Technical Creativity of the Youth subsidiaries of Komsomol "raikoms". The Centers enjoyed various benefits, including no taxes and only 3% contribution to the all-union fund. The fortunes of quite a few "new Russians", notably Mikhail Khodorkovsky arose from these Centers. The Centers continue to exist in modern Russia. Similar establishments were the Foundations of Youth Initiatives (фонды молодёжных инициатив, ФМИ). Center for Scientific and Technical Creativity of the Youth Centers for Scientific and Technical Creativity of the Youth , NTTM) were established in the late Soviet Union during "perestroika" as enterprises whose goal was commercialization of science and technology. Other translations of the Russian term