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: Corylus avellana (50) Fagus sylvatica (43) Alnus glutinosa (30) Quercus (14) Salix (14) Fraxinus excelsior (12) Quercus petraea (9) Betula (8) Betula pendula (7) Acer pseudoplatanus (6) Betula pubescens (6) Crataegus monogyna (6) Ulmus (4) Beech (3) Prunus laurocerasus (3) Salix cinerea (3) Ulex europaeus (3) Aesculus hippocastanum (2) Larix (2) Picea sitchensis (2) Pinus (2) Pinus sylvestris (2) Ulex (2) Abies grandis (1) Alnus cordata (1) Picea abies (1) Prunus spinosa (1) Salix caprea (1) Sambucus nigra (1) Sycamore (1) Taxus baccata (1) Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (69) Woodland: mixed (36) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (19) Woodland: broadleaved (19) Woodland: mixed, plantation (12) Parkland and scattered trees (11) Woodland (11) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (11) Built up area, domestic (7) Boundaries: defunct hedge (5) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (5) Scrub (5) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (4) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Woodland: plantation (4) Acid grassland (3) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (3) Improved grassland (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Acid grassland: semi-improved (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees (2) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) 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) 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) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (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: Dead Wood (110) Stump (81) Branch (49) Wood (37) Fallen Branch (20) Twig (12) Dead Branch (10) Soil (7) Fallen Tree (5) Soil Leaves (3) Fallen log (2) Fallen Wood (2) Log (2) Stem (2) Tree (2) Bark (1) Buried Wood (1) Cut Trunk (1) Fallen Twig (1) Soil Mossy (1) Standing Dead Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (21) February (17) March (11) April (25) May (23) June (6) July (18) August (16) September (50) October (168) November (119) December (18)