Xylaria polymorpha: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Xylariaceae
Genus: Xylaria
Species: Xylaria polymorpha
Scientific Name: Xylaria polymorpha

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylaria polymorpha

Xylaria polymorpha, commonly known as dead man's fingers, is a cosmopolitan saprobic fungus. It is characterized by its elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, much like fingers.

...

Xylaria polymorpha in languages:

Bokmål: bredt stubbehorn
Chinese: 多形炭角菌
Czech: dřevnatka kyjovitá
Dutch: Houtknotszwam
English: dead man's fingers
Estonian: kobarsüsik
Estonian: kobarjas tõlvsüsik
Finnish: nuijasarvisieni
French: Xylaire polymorphe
German: Vielgestaltige Holzkeule
Hungarian: Bunkós agancsgomba
Japanese: マメザヤタケ
Korean: 다형콩꼬투리버섯
Lithuanian: Kislusis Elniagrybis
Polish: Próchnilec Maczugowaty
Russian: ксилария многообразная
Russian: Пальцы мертвеца
Swedish: tjockhorn
Ukrainian: Ксилярія поліморфна

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.

©Mexfant Maravilloso, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Pijus Kreimeris, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©scottcolson, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©pwinthess, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Josie Laing, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©John Waidner, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©rosco66, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Kristi Kerr Leonard, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©kirbyburns, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Madera Acosta Jorge Octavio, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Addeline Theis, M.S., some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Eric C. Maxwell, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©amandammvt, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©sunnybuns123, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Gulsen Cingoz, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©incababinka, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©nest9132, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©sandywoods, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Lena Dietz Chiasson, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Heather Waterman, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©kleeumgebung, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Sophie Headland, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©kortopi, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Sora Haagensen, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Charlotte Gurney-Read, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©rdegeer, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Shirley Zundell, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

©Daniel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©larcrna, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©tatianavelasco, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©beritmaddison, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Dagmar Jones, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©poppeseeds, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©manticoeur, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©elsah01, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©gsanchez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Łukasz Aksamit, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©pistachio_pants, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©hbin, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Danielle Frohlich, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Juan jared Ojeda garcia, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Seleni Oliva, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©streakoflavender, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©sturuss, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©acarranza1, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©ekkurren, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©shelley_walks, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Kimberly Ward, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©jeffercake, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©lmschwartz, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©katarinakyselova, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Sundar Lakshmanan, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©diond, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©Fluff Berger, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)

©B, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©sharlandi, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©meleagle, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©@iguazuexpeditions, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

©allseeds, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

Parent Taxon

Xylaria

Xylaria polymorpha: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylaria polymorpha

Xylaria polymorpha in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

Top Observation Places

Xylaria polymorpha: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylaria polymorpha

Xylaria polymorpha in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

Top Observation Places

Biosurveys - Crowd Sourced Local Biogeography Login