Munk, a fungus frequently isolated from defective wood associated with trunk wounds of sugar maple, appears to have at least four advantages for this type of research: (1) it frequently infects wounds already colonized by other fungi; (2) it was encountered in a wide range of stages of decay, indicating that it could be successfully introduced into existing colonized wounds; (3) it has been found to be susceptible to genetic analysis; and (4) several clearly marked genetic strains of the fungus are already available.
D'ordinaire, lors de ces expériences, l'on introduisait ces champignons seuls, ou bien avec d'autres espèces, à diverses reprises, dans l'arbre toujours vivant. A ce propos, l'emploi des lignées de ces champignons, marquées génétiquement, rendrait ces études beaucoup plus efficaces.