Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Xylariales Family: Xylariaceae
Species: Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) P.M.D. Martin
Synonyms: Hypoxylon deustum
Hypoxylon ustulatum
Sphaeria deusta
Ustulina deusta
Ustulina vulgaris
Common Name: Brittle Cinder
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Kretzschmaria deustaPhotographer: © Amelia Williams
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (8)
Beech (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Salix (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Grassland: marshy, upland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Rotting Wood (3)
Stump (3)
Fallen Tree (2)
Tree (2)
Bark (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Log (1)
Sawn Wood (1)
Soil (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
March (1)
May (2)
June (2)
July (2)
August (2)
September (8)
October (9)
November (4)
December (2)