Hypoxylon fuscum    (Pers.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Hazel Woodwart 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Sordariomycetes/Xylariomycetidae/Xylariales/Xylariaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pyrenomycetideae  

synonyms: Hypoxylon porphyreum 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Hypoxylon fuscum toxicity of Hypoxylon fuscum genus Hypoxylon  

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.
Dimensions:

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 .
here should be the distribution map of Hypoxylon fuscum in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hypoxylon fuscum in the forest of Rambouillet



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