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Hypoxylon fragiforme (Scop.) J. Kickx f., 1835 (Beech Woodwart)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Hypoxylon fragiforme Fruitbody 7 October 2007 North Wiltshire England 5 8
Hypoxylon fragiforme Fruitbody 26 October 1974 Surrey England 1

Suggested Literature

Hypoxylon fragiforme may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)
XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Hypoxylon fragiforme is associated with:

Photos Nodulisporium anamorph Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) Nodulisporium anamorph is saprobic on dead branch Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stroma Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) stroma is saprobic on dead branch Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Hypoxylon fragiforme:

Photos stroma stroma is parasitised by perithecium Nectria episphaeria - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Hypoxylon fragiforme may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)
Hypoxylon
(woodwart fungi)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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