Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Xylariales Family: Diatrypaceae
Species: Diatrype disciformis (Hoffm.) Fr.
Synonyms:
Common Name: Beech Barkspot
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Diatrype disciformisPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Photographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (13)
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-poor (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Branch (7)
Bark (2)
Dead Branch (2)
Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Soil (1)
Twig (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
March (4)
April (1)
May (4)
July (2)
August (2)
September (4)
October (11)
November (2)
December (2)