Compounds which are ether derivatives of substituted 1-hydroxyalkyl-azoles, of the general formula ##STR1## in which A represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group,B represents oxygen, sulphur or a CH.sub.2 group,R.sup.1 represents a substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl or optionally substituted phenyl radical or, if either A represents a nitrogen atom, or if A represents the CH group and at the same B represents oxygen or sulphur, R.sup.1 also represents an unsubstituted alkyl radical,R.sup.2 represents an alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted benzyl radical,Z represents a halogen atom or an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, halogenoalkylthio, optionally substituted phenoxy, optionally substituted phenylalkyl or optionally substituted phenylalkoxy radical andm is 0, 1, 2 or 3,and acid addition salts and metal salt complexes thereof, are novel, are prepared as described, and fine use as fungicides and as agents for regulating plant growth.