Hypoxylon multiforme (Fr.) Fr.
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common name(s) : Birch Woodwart
New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Sordariomycetes/Xylariomycetidae/Xylariales/Xylariaceae
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pyrenomycetideae
synonyms: Hypoxylon crustaceum
(unconfirmed synonyms: Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Hypoxylon atropurpureum)
edibility : unknown edibility
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The fruiting body is spherical or cushion-shaped, assembled in large groups, red-brown then black, without stem.
The fertile surface is.
It grows on wood, on fallen branches of broad-leaved trees, on birch.
The fruiting period takes place all year long.
Dimensions: |
width of fruiting body approximately 0.8 cm (between 0.5 and 1 cm) |
Distinctive features : fruiting body shaped like a crust of elongated and irregular cushions, brown then blackish; on dead birch wood branches
Hypoxylon multiforme is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Hypoxylon multiforme in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18