Hypoxylon fragiforme (Scop.:Fr.) Kicks.
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common name(s) : Beech Woodwart
New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Sordariomycetes/Xylariomycetidae/Xylariales/Xylariaceae
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pyrenomycetideae
edibility : inedible
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The fruiting body is spherical, with a warty surface, brick-red to cinnamon brown, without stem.
The fertile surface is.
It grows on wood, on fallen branches of broad-leaved trees, on beech.
The fruiting period takes place all year long.
Dimensions: |
width of fruiting body approximately 0.7 cm (between 0.1 and 1 cm) |
Distinctive features : globular brick-red then brown fruiting body, warty; tough blackish flesh; il large troops on dead beech wood
Hypoxylon fragiforme is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very frequent, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Hypoxylon fragiforme in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18