Hypoxylon Bull.
(woodwart fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Hypoxylon fragiforme
Beech Woodwart
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 		Species 14 images 1 ident. refs
Hypoxylon fuscum
Hazel Woodwart
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 		Species 20 images 1 ident. refs
Hypoxylon howeanum
a stromatic pyrenomycete
Species 2 ident. refs
Hypoxylon petriniae
a woodwart
Species 1 ident. refs
Hypoxylon (unidentified)
Unidentified Woodwart Fungi
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 		Unidentified 19 images
[Hypoxylon rubiginosum agg.]
rusty woodwarts
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 		Informal 1 subtaxa 1 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHypoxylon (woodwart fungi)
FamilyXYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
OrderXYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anderson, R. 2008 Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 3. Hypoxylon other than the H. rubiginosum group Field Mycology Vol 9 (3): 97-103.
Anderson, R. 2008 Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland. 2. Hypoxylon rubiginosum and its allies Field Mycology Vol 9 (2): 41-48.
Anderson, R. 2008 Hypoxylon in Britain and Ireland: 1. Changing perspectives in Hypoxylon Field Mycology Vol 9 (1): 5-12.
() Fournier, J., Kopce, B. & Stadler, M. 2010 New species of Hypoxylon from western Europe and Ethiopia Mycotaxon Vol 113: 209-235.
Granmo, A., Hammelev, D., Knudsen, H., Læssøe, T., Sasa, M., Whalley, A.J.S. 1989 The genera Biscogniauxia and Hypoxylon (Sphaeriales) in the Nordic countries Schumacher, T., 1990. The genus Scutellinia (Pyronemataceae), Vol 101, 107pp, Opera Botanica a Societate Botanica Lundensi
Hsieh H.M., Ju Y.M. & Rogers J.D. 2005 Molecular phylogeny of Hypoxylon and closely related genera Mycologia Vol 97: 844–865.
() Stadler M., Wollweber H., & Fournier J. 2004 A host-specific species of Hypoxylon from France, and notes on the chemotaxonomy of the “Hypoxylon rubiginosum complex” Mycotaxon Vol 90 (1): 187–211.
Whalley, A.J.S. 1977 *** Key to the British Species of Hypoxylon ***(Superseded) BMS Bull. Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 11 (1): 45-47.

Hypoxylon (woodwart fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypoxylon (woodwart fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 112 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypoxylon (woodwart fungi)
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