Hypoxylon fragiforme (Pers. ex Fr.) Kickx Beech Woodwart. Fruit body 0.1–1cm across, gregarious, hemispherical, bright salmon-pink at first becoming brick-red and later blackening, with a finely warted surface. Flesh hard, blackish. Asci cylindrical, 150 x 8µ. Spores dark brown, subfusiform, containing one to three oil drops, 11–15 x 5–7µ. Habitat dead beech. Season late summer to early spring. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe.