Hypoxylon fuscum

Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Xylariales	Family: Xylariaceae
Species: Hypoxylon fuscum (Pers.) Fr.

Synonyms:

Hypoxylon purpureum
Sphaeria confluens
Sphaeria fusca

Common Name:

Hazel Woodwart




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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Alnus glutinosa (1) Corylus avellana (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Hazel (1) Quercus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (47) Woodland (11) Woodland: mixed, plantation (9) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (8) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland: mixed (8) Woodland: broadleaved (6) Scrub: dense/continuous (5) Built up area, domestic (4) Parkland and scattered trees (4) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3) Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (3) Scrub (3) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Acid grassland (1) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1) Boundaries (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Calcareous grassland (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Fen carr (woodland or scrub over fen) (1) Fen: flood plain, basic (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Scrub: scattered (1) Small parks and city squares (1) Sump alderwoods (1) Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Bark (1) Branch (1) Dead Attached Branch (1) Dead Branch (1) Dead Wood (1) Fallen Branch (1) Fallen Tree (1) Fallen Twig (1) Standing Dead Branch (1) Standing Dead Tree (1) Tree (1) Twig (1) Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (11) February (9) March (10) April (21) May (38) June (11) July (26) August (16) September (27) October (41) November (26) December (4)