Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales	Family: Diatrypaceae
Species: Diatrypella quercina (Pers.) Cooke

Synonyms:

Cytosporina quercina Diatrype quercina Libertella quercina Oak Blackhead Sphaeria quercina Stromatosphaeria quercina

Common Name:

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On Oak, Quercus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (31) Quercus petraea (11) Quercus robur (4)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (5) Woodland (5) Woodland and scrub (5) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (5) Woodland: mixed (4) Woodland: broadleaved (3) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (3) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Branch (26) Wood (10) Fallen Twig (3) Dead Twig (1) Fallen Branch (1) Fallen Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (3) February (6) March (5) April (3) May (1) July (5) August (4) September (10) October (19) November (2) December (1)