Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Xylariales Family: Diatrypaceae
Species: Diatrype stigma (Hoffm.) Fr.
Synonyms:
Common Name: Common Tarcrust
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Diatrype stigma

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (9)
Crataegus monogyna (5)
Corylus avellana (3)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Ribes nigrum (1)
Sorbus aucuparia (1)
Sycamore (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Woodland (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (2)
Grassland: marshy, lowland (1)
Grassland: marshy, upland (1)
Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, lowland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Scrub (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, basic/calcareous (1)
Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (5)
Fallen Branch (5)
Wood (5)
Dead Branch (4)
Fallen Tree (2)
Standing Dead Branch (2)
Bark (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Stem (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (15)
February (24)
March (14)
April (5)
May (7)
June (2)
July (3)
August (5)
September (4)
October (20)
November (3)
December (3)