Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales	Family: Xylariaceae
Species: Xylaria hypoxylon (L.) Grev.

Synonyms:

Clavaria hypoxylon Cyrn Gwyn Sphaeria hypoxylon Sphaeria ramosa Xylosphaera hypoxylon

Common Name:

Candlesnuff Fungus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (97) Corylus avellana (58) Alnus glutinosa (30) Fraxinus excelsior (20) Salix (16) Crataegus monogyna (11) Quercus (10) Acer pseudoplatanus (10) Quercus petraea (10) Ulex europaeus (7) Betula pendula (7) Betula pubescens (6) Larix (5) Acer (4) Betula (4) Prunus laurocerasus (4) Salix cinerea (3) Pinaceae (3) Pinus (3) Tilia x vulgaris (2) Picea sitchensis (2) Pinus sylvestris (2) Ulmus (2) Salix caprea (1) Ulex (1) Taxus baccata (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) Sambucus nigra (1) Prunus spinosa (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (76) Woodland and scrub (44) Woodland: mixed (33) Woodland (32) Woodland: broadleaved (21) Parkland and scattered trees (19) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (17) Woodland: mixed, plantation (17) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (9) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (9) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (7) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (7) Built up area, domestic (6) Boundaries: defunct hedge (5) Scrub (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) Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (2) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (2) Neutral grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Scrub: dense/continuous (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: amenity grassland (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: marshy, lowland (1) Grassland: marshy, upland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Recently felled woodland: 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 (125) Dead Wood (123) Wood (106) Branch (27) Log (15) Twig (13) Dead Branch (11) Fallen Wood (9) Soil (9) Fallen Branch (7) Fallen Tree (6) Fallen log (4) Buried Wood (3) Soil Leaves (3) 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 (20) March (16) April (28) May (31) June (12) July (25) August (31) September (70) October (235) November (138) December (20)