Xylaria hypoxylon

Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Xylariales	Family: Xylariaceae
Species: Xylaria hypoxylon (L.) Grev.

Synonyms:

Xylosphaera hypoxylon

Common Name:

Candlesnuff Fungus




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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Abies grandis (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Alnus cordata (1) Alnus glutinosa (1) Beech (1) Betula (1) Betula pendula (1) Betula pubescens (1) Corylus avellana (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Fagus sylvatica (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Larix (1) Picea abies (1) Picea sitchensis (1) Pinus (1) Pinus sylvestris (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Prunus spinosa (1) Quercus (1) Quercus petraea (1) Salix (1) Salix caprea (1) Salix cinerea (1) Sambucus nigra (1) Sycamore (1) Taxus baccata (1) Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (1) Ulex (1) Ulex europaeus (1) Ulmus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (61) Woodland: mixed (33) Woodland: broadleaved (19) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (17) Woodland: mixed, plantation (16) Woodland (14) Parkland and scattered trees (11) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (10) Built up area, domestic (6) Boundaries: defunct hedge (5) Scrub (5) Acid grassland (4) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (4) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (4) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Improved grassland (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Woodland: plantation (3) Acid grassland: semi-improved (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees (2) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2) Ornamental gardens (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2) Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1) Bare ground (1) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Boundaries: earth bank (1) Boundaries: intact hedge, species-rich (1) Bracken: continuous (1) Built-up areas (1) Calcareous grassland (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: marshy, lowland (1) Grassland: marshy, upland (1) Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Park lawns (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1) Small parks and city squares (1) Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, coppice (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Bark (1) Branch (1) Buried Wood (1) Cut Trunk (1) Dead Branch (1) Dead Wood (1) Fallen Branch (1) Fallen log (1) Fallen Tree (1) Fallen Twig (1) Fallen Wood (1) Log (1) Soil (1) Soil Grassy (1) Soil Leaves (1) Soil Mossy (1) Standing Dead Tree (1) Stem (1) Stump (1) Tree (1) Twig (1) Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (20) February (17) March (11) April (26) May (23) June (8) July (16) August (16) September (46) October (160) November (120) December (19)