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Xylaria

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Xylaria is a genus of ascomycetous fungi commonly found growing on dead wood. The name comes from the Greek xýlon meaning wood (see xylem).

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassSordariomycetes
  4. OrderXylariales
  5. FamilyXylariaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded233,226

Die Holzkeulen (Xylaria) sind eine Schlauchpilzgattung aus der Unterabteilung Pezizomycotina.

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,598
With media
1,866
Family
Xylariaceae
Collections
ECOSUR
Recorded in
Mexico

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Xylaria is a genus of ascomycetous fungi commonly found growing on dead wood. The name comes from the Greek xýlon meaning wood (see xylem).

'Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa' by Wijayawardene et al. lists up to species (in 2020), and around 454 records are listed by Species Fungorum (including synonyms).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xylaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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