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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters)
SORDARIOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)
XYLARIOMYCETIDAE
(stromatic pyrenomycetes)
XYLARIALES
(an order of pyrenomycetes)
XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Xylariaceae
is also a member of:
Micromycetes
Fungi sl.
Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

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XYLARIACEAE Tul. & C. Tul., 1863 (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Genus Anthostomella Sacc., 1875 (a genus of pyrenomycetes) 1        
Species Anthostomella spartii Berl. & Voglino, 1886 (a pyrenomycete)         1
Genus Biscogniauxia Kuntze, 1891 (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes) 3 10 10 2 6
Genus Daldinia Ces. & De Not., 1863 (cramp-balls) 1 1 6   11
Species Euepixylon udum (Pers.) Laessøe & Spooner, 1994 (a stromatic pyrenomycete)         1
Genus Hypoxylon Bull., 1791 (woodwart fungi) 7 16 14 25 18
Species Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) P.M.D. Martin, 1970 (Brittle Cinder)   7   9  
Genus Nemania Gray, 1821 (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes) 2        
Species Nemania aenea (a pyrenomycete) 1       1
Species Nemania serpens (Pers.) Gray (a stromatic pyrenomycete)         1
Form genus Nodulisporium Preuss, 1849 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1        
Anamorphic Species Nodulisporium cecidiogenes Jørg. Koch, 1994 (an anamorphic fungus)     6   1
Species Poronia erici Lohmeyer & Benkert, 1988 (a nail fungus)         2
Species Poronia punctata (L.) Fr., 1849 (Nail Fungus)   14     7
Genus Rosellinia De Not., 1844 (a genus of pyrenomycetes) 2        
Species Rosellinia britannica L.E. Petrini, Petrini & S.M. Francis, 1989 (a pyrenomycete)   2 3 2  
Species Rosellinia necatrix Berl. ex Prill., 1904 (White Root Rot - causative organism)         1
Informal (Rosellinia mammiformis s.l.) (a group of pyrenomycetes) 2 2 3 2  
Genus Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 1789 (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes) 8 19 2 5 6

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Pyrenomycetes (from southwest France): http://pyrenomycetes.free.fr/index.htm Pyrenomycetes (from southwest France)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 general literature references to XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

XYLARIACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)		 ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters)
Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 521 feeding and other relationships of XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

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