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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 October 1922, Page 10

KutS? • fe most fa^o«s historic buildmgs m France, the Palace of V'erT^i ls n seno«sly threatened with E^l al coll^ se by reason of a mushroom according to a report just issued oy the authorities who have been investigating the condition of the wbodn 'i.A,. fungus ' Men the scientists call phellmm eryptarum, develops inside the wooden beams which have been rendered fireproof on the surface, and then, subjected to damp, transforms them into pulp. The damage done is already considerable, a large number ot beams and rafters having thus been destroyed. Wonderful carved wood panellings also are Badly affected The scientists are now trying to determine what can be done to remedy the damage, or at least prevent its spreading.