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Xylaria
Sign in to saveXylaria 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
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderXylariales
- FamilyXylariaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded233,226
Die Holzkeulen (Xylaria) sind eine Schlauchpilzgattung aus der Unterabteilung Pezizomycotina.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,598
- With media
- 1,866
- Family
- Xylariaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Xylariaceae
- Image
- Xylaria hypoxylon.jpg
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- Xylaria
- topic's main category
- Category:Xylaria
- taxonomic type
- Xylaria hypoxylon
- Commons category
- Xylaria
- taxon author citation
- Hill ex Schrank
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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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