timber rot
noun
1
: a decay of lumber and building timbers
specifically
: one caused by a fungus (Poria incrassata)
2
: a disease of various herbaceous plants caused by a fungus (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) and marked by dry granular stem lesions near the ground and white mold on the surface
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