Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales	Family: Hypoxylaceae
Species: Hypoxylon fuscum (Pers.) Fr.

Synonyms:

Dafaden Cyll Hypoxylon confluens Hypoxylon purpureum Sphaeria confluens Sphaeria fusca Sphaeria tuberculosa Stromatosphaeria fusca

Common Name:

Hazel Woodwart

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On Hazel, Corylus avellana

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Corylus avellana (235) Alnus glutinosa (17) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Quercus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (69) Woodland (30) Woodland and scrub (14) Scrub: dense/continuous (12) Woodland: mixed, plantation (12) Woodland: mixed (9) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (8) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (8) Woodland: broadleaved (7) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Built up area, domestic (4) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3) Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (3) Scrub (3) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (2) Scrub: scattered (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-poor (1) Boundaries: intact hedges, species-poor (1) Built-up areas: buildings (1) Calcareous grassland (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Fen carr (woodland or scrub over fen) (1) Fen: flood plain, basic (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Sump alderwoods (1) Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dead Wood (80) Wood (51) Branch (46) Tree (28) Twig (9) Dead Branch (7) Bark (3) Dead Attached Branch (2) Fallen Branch (2) Fallen Tree (2) Standing Dead Branch (2) Fallen Twig (1) Standing Dead Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (15) February (8) March (12) April (26) May (49) June (15) July (34) August (34) September (45) October (56) November (33) December (10)