Combating fungi with metal salt complexes of 1-phenyl-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-ethanes of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulphonyl, halogenoalkyl, nitro, cyano, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted phenoxy,R.sup.1 represents the grouping --O--R.sup.2, --S(O).sub.m --R.sup.3 or --O--CO--R.sup.4,R.sup.2 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted araylalkyl or optionally substituted arylalkenyl,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted arylalkyl or optionally substituted arylalkenyl,R.sup.4 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted arylalkyl, optionally substituted arylalkenyl, halogenoalkyl, optionally substituted phenoxyalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkyl-alkylcarbonylamino or optionally substituted phenylamino,A represents an anion of an inorganic acid,M represents a metal,n represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5,m represents 0, 1 or 2,p represents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, andx represents 1, 2, 3 or 4which possess fungicidal properties.