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Hypoxylon fuscoides
J. Fourn., P. Leroy, M. Stadler & Roy Anderson 2010
Ascomycota > Sordariomycetes > Xylariales > Hypoxylaceae
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Species List

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Barnham Broom Fen TG0707Blofield, Marty's Marsh TG3308Buckenham Carrs TG3605Buxton Heath, Hevingham TG1721Filby Bridge TG4613Repps-with-Bastwick TG4116Somerleyton, Belton Wood TG4900South Walsham TG3613Upton Fen TG3813West Acre TF7714Wheatfen, Surlingham TG3205Whitlingham CP and Broad TG2507

Summary

12 records from 12 different sites
Years (# of records): 2024 (3) 2025 (9)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Associations: Alnus; Alnus glutinosa
Substrates: dead branch; dead wood; fallen branch; wood, dead
Finders: Andreas Beaumont; Stewart Wright
Identifier: Stewart Wright
Confirmers: Tony Moverley; Yvonne Mynett
Comments: 'KOH pigment purple, spores 12.1x5.3'; 'Purple pigment in KoH; spores with distinctive acute (pointed) ends (but helical germ split not seen).'

Record Details

13/01/2024 Buxton Heath, Hevingham; TG1721; Alnus glutinosa; dead wood; Andreas Beaumont; Stewart Wright
17/11/2024 South Walsham; TG3613; Alnus glutinosa; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
14/12/2024 West Acre; TF7714; Alnus glutinosa; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; Tony Moverley; "KOH pigment purple, spores 12.1x5.3"; DNA barcoded; Genbank:PX396685; Lit. cited: 271
; Additional NotesITS barcode confirmed identity as Hypoxlyon fuscoides and re-inforces the ability to identify this species in the field (Paul Cannon’s Fungi of Great Britain & Ireland makes reference to ‘Indistinguishable in field from H. fuscum, differing in KOH pigment & smaller spores with more acute ends’).

15/01/2025 Filby Bridge; TG462138; Alnus glutinosa; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
16/03/2025 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG328056; Alnus glutinosa; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
05/04/2025 Buckenham Carrs; TG365056; Alnus; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; Tony Moverley; "Purple pigment in KoH; spores with distinctive acute (pointed) ends (but helical germ split not seen)."; Lit. cited: 271
20/04/2025 Upton Fen; TG3813; Alnus glutinosa; fallen branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; Yvonne Mynett
09/07/2025 Repps-with-Bastwick; TG415164; Alnus glutinosa; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
12/07/2025 Barnham Broom Fen; TG0707; Alnus glutinosa; dead wood; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
20/09/2025 Somerleyton, Belton Wood; TG4900; Alnus glutinosa; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; Yvonne Mynett; VC25
26/11/2025 Blofield, Marty's Marsh; TG3308; Alnus; wood, dead; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
29/11/2025 Whitlingham CP and Broad; TG2507; Alnus glutinosa; dead branch; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright

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