Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales Family: Xylariaceae
Species: Xylaria hypoxylon (L.) Grev.
Synonyms: Clavaria hypoxylon
Sphaeria hypoxylon
Sphaeria ramosa
Xylosphaera hypoxylon
Common Name: Candlesnuff Fungus


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Xylaria hypoxylonPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (92)
Corylus avellana (55)
Alnus glutinosa (30)
Fraxinus excelsior (19)
Salix (15)
Crataegus monogyna (11)
Quercus (10)
Quercus petraea (10)
Acer pseudoplatanus (8)
Ulex europaeus (7)
Betula pendula (7)
Betula pubescens (6)
Larix (5)
Betula (4)
Acer (4)
Salix cinerea (3)
Prunus laurocerasus (3)
Pinus (3)
Pinaceae (3)
Ulmus (2)
Pinus sylvestris (2)
Picea sitchensis (2)
Tilia x vulgaris (2)
Sambucus nigra (1)
Ulex (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Picea abies (1)
Ilex aquifolium (1)
Hedera helix (1)
Cupressaceae (1)
Coniferophyta (1)
Alnus cordata (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Acanthaceae (1)
Abies grandis (1)
Taxus baccata (1)
Prunus spinosa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (73)
Woodland and scrub (44)
Woodland: mixed (33)
Woodland (30)
Woodland: broadleaved (21)
Parkland and scattered trees (19)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (17)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (16)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (9)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (8)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (7)
Built up area, domestic (6)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (5)
Scrub (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (4)
Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (4)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4)
Marsh/marshy grassland (4)
Acid grassland (3)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (3)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3)
Improved grassland (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Woodland: plantation (3)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (2)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2)
Neutral grassland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1)
Bare ground (1)
Bog (1)
Bog: raised (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1)
Boundaries: earth bank (1)
Boundaries: intact hedge, species-rich (1)
Bracken: continuous (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Grassland: marshy, lowland (1)
Grassland: marshy, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1)
Swamp (1)
Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, coppice (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Stump (120)
Dead Wood (118)
Wood (105)
Branch (27)
Log (15)
Twig (13)
Dead Branch (11)
Fallen Wood (9)
Soil (8)
Fallen Branch (7)
Fallen Tree (5)
Buried Wood (3)
Soil Leaves (3)
Fallen log (2)
Stem (2)
Tree (2)
Cut Trunk (1)
Fallen Stem (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Stump, fallen (1)
Trunk, rotten (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (35)
February (19)
March (16)
April (27)
May (30)
June (12)
July (22)
August (30)
September (70)
October (233)
November (132)
December (20)