Hypoxylon fuscum (Pers.:Fr.) Fr.
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common name(s) : Hazel Woodwart
New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Sordariomycetes/Xylariomycetidae/Xylariales/Xylariaceae
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pyrenomycetideae
synonyms: Hypoxylon porphyreum
edibility : unknown edibility
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The fruiting body is spherical, with a smooth surface, red-brown, without stem.
The fertile surface is.
It grows on wood, on fallen branches of broad-leaved trees, on alder, hazel.
Distinctive features : globular black fruiting body, not warty, containing small black balls; on dead deciduous branches
Hypoxylon fuscum is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very frequent, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Hypoxylon fuscum in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18