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: Corylus avellana (147) Alnus glutinosa (9) Hazel (6) Quercus (2) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Crataegus monogyna (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (43) Woodland: mixed (9) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (8) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland (8) Woodland: mixed, plantation (8) Woodland: broadleaved (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) 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: unimproved (1) Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (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: Dead Wood (76) Tree (31) Branch (29) Wood (9) Fallen Branch (8) Twig (7) Dead Branch (4) Standing Dead Branch (2) Bark (1) Dead Attached Branch (1) Fallen Tree (1) Fallen Twig (1) Standing Dead Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (14) February (11) March (10) April (20) May (38) June (7) July (26) August (15) September (24) October (37) November (33) December (4)