Xylaria hypoxylon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Order
- Xylariales
- Family
- Xylariaceae
- Genus
- Xylaria
- Species
- Xylaria hypoxylon
- Scientific Name
- Xylaria hypoxylon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xylaria hypoxylon
Xylaria hypoxylon is a species of bioluminescent fungus in the family Xylariaceae. It is known by a variety of common names, such as the candlestick fungus, the candlesnuff fungus, carbon antlers, or the stag's horn fungus.
The fruit bodies, characterized by erect, elongated black branches with whitened tips, typically grow in clusters on decaying hardwood. The fungus can cause a root rot in hawthorn and gooseberry plants.
...Xylaria hypoxylon in languages:
- Bokmål
- stubbehorn
- Chinese
- 鹿角炭角菌
- Czech
- dřevnatka parohatá
- Danish
- Grenet Stødsvamp
- Dutch
- Geweizwam
- English
- Candlesnuff Fungus
- English
- carbon antlers
- Estonian
- sarvjas süsik
- Finnish
- Haarasarvisieni
- French
- Xylaire du bois
- German
- Geweihförmige Holzkeule
- Hungarian
- Szarvas agancsgomba
- Japanese
- クロサイワイタケ
- Japanese
- カノツノタケ
- Korean
- 콩꼬투리버섯
- Latvian
- Briežu ksilārija
- Lithuanian
- Baltaviršūnis Elniagrybis
- Polish
- Próchnilec gałęzisty
- Russian
- Ксилярия гипоксилон
- Slovene
- vitka lesenjača
- Swedish
- stubbhorn
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