Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Sordariales Family: Helminthosphaeriaceae
Species: Ruzenia spermoides (Hoffm.) O. Hilber
Synonyms: Lasiosphaeria spermoides
Least Woodwart
Leptospora spermoides
Psilosphaeria spermoides
Sphaeria spermoides
Common Name: Least Woodwart


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Ruzenia spermoides

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Magnoliophyta (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Armillaria mellea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Scrub (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (3)
Dead Wood (2)
Stump (2)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
March (1)
May (3)
September (1)
October (2)
December (1)