Xylaria Hill ex Schrank
(a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Xylaria carpophila Beechmast Candlesnuff	Species	2 images
Xylaria cinerea a stromatic pyrenomycete	Species		2 ident. refs
Xylaria corniformis a fungus	Species		1 ident. refs
Xylaria crozonensis a stromatic pyrenomycete	Species		1 ident. refs
Xylaria filiformis a stromatic pyrenomycete	Species		1 ident. refs
Xylaria friesii a stromatic pyrenomycete	Species		1 ident. refs
Xylaria guepinii Dung Candlesnuff	Species		2 ident. refs
Xylaria hypoxylon Candle-snuff, Candlesnuff Fungus, Stag’s-horn Fungus	Species	14 images
Xylaria longipes Dead Moll’s Fingers	Species	8 images
Xylaria oxyacanthae Haw Candlesnuff	Species		2 ident. refs
Xylaria polymorpha Dead Man’S Fingers	Species	2 images	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Xylaria (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Family	XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Xylaria is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Henrici, A.	2016	Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota	Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 7-11.
	Minter, D.	1986	Autumn foray 1985: Chester College, Chester	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (2): 88-93.

Xylaria (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylaria (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 45 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xylaria (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Xylaria is also a member of:

Identification Works

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