Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales	Family: Xylariaceae
Species: Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) P.M.D. Martin

Synonyms:

Hypoxylon deustum Hypoxylon ustulatum Nemania deusta Sphaeria deusta Sphaeria maxima Stromatosphaeria deusta Ustulina deusta Ustulina vulgaris

Common Name:

Brittle Cinder

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On Beech, Fagus sylvatica

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (48) Quercus (2) Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (1) Salix (1) Larix (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Betula pubescens (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (13) Woodland: mixed, plantation (7) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5) Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland (4) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Grassland: marshy, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Stump (26) Dead Wood (5) Log (4) Tree (4) Wood (4) Fallen Tree (3) Rotting Wood (3) Soil (2) Bark (1) Fallen log (1) Sawn Wood (1) Standing Dead Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) March (9) April (4) May (8) June (3) July (7) August (11) September (12) October (18) November (4) December (2)