Abstract: Based on 15 years inventories on wood-decaying fungi in China, 107 wood-decaying specieswere recordedon timber orwooden constructions in China, among them 24 species caused a brown rot, and theywere most growthon coniferous wood, while 83 species caused a white rot, and theywere commonly on both hardwood and softwood.The most common species on conifer logswere Antrodia xantha, Fom itopsis pin icola, Gloeophyllum sepiarium, Laetiporus sulphureus, Trichaptum abietinum; while the common decayers on hardwoods were Abundisporus fuscopurpureus, B jerkandera adusta, Cerrena unicolor, Earliella scabrosa, Funalia trogii, Oxyporus corticola, Phellinus gilvus,Pycnoporus cinnaba rinus, Schizopora f lavipora, Tram etes hirsuta, Tram etes ochracea and Tram etes versicolor. Allstudied samp leswere deposited at the herbarium of the institute of App lied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences( IFP).