| Records of Xenotypa aterrima (Birch Bark Stripper) : | ||||
| 1: Xenotypa aterrima (Birch Bark Stripper) | ||||
| 5 Dec 2015 | OSGR: SZ08 | 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W | Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) | England |
| Effete stroma on recently-dead branches on living birch where it peels back the bark and fruits on the exposed wood | ||||
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| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| Douglas, B. | 2015 | Dencoeliopsis johnstonii | http://fungi.myspecies.info/content/dencoeliopsis-johnstonii-0 | |
| Forest Research | 2006 | Path News Issue 13: October 2006 |
Xenotypa aterrima (Birch Bark Stripper) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Xenotypa aterrima (Birch Bark Stripper)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xenotypa aterrima (Birch Bark Stripper)
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VU/D2
A very rare black stromatic pyrenomycete that grows on dead, still-attached Birch (Betula) twigs. The surface of the stroma is liberally covered with sterile pimples that force back the paper-like bark as they grow. The perithecia are embedded in the stroma, not the pimples.
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