1. In the 1980s, some of the timber was infested with the Serpula lacrymans. 2. Coggins goes into more detail about water movement in " Serpula lacrymans ". 3. But they have also been found on " Serpula lacrymans " of the quite unrelated Boletales. 4. Like most tube-building polychaetes, worms of the " Serpula " genus are suspension feeders. 5. "Serpula vermicularis " is a filter feeder and extends its radioles to catch phytoplankton and detritus. 6. The cords of some wood-rotting fungi ( like " Serpula lacrymans " ) may be capable of penetrating masonry. 7. "Serpula " has lived since the Cretaceous period, according to fossils found in the Cretaceous Black Creek Formation of North Carolina. 8. The radioles of different " Serpula " species are typically red, pink, or orange in color, with white transverse bands. 9. The biochemistry of the blood of " Serpula " is especially unusual in that the blood contains not only hemoglobin, but also chlorocruorin. 10. ""'Serpula himantioides " "'is a species of fungus that causes damage to timber referred to as dry rot.
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