Rogers Mushrooms - Hypoxylon nummularium Mushroom


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Hypoxylon nummularium. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

Ref No: 8389
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location: Europe

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: Black or blackish

normal size: Less than 5cm

cap type: Other

stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent

spore colour: Purplish to black

habitat: Grows on wood

Hypoxylon nummularium Bull. ex Fr. Fruit body forming a blackish, shiny crust on wood. Asci cylindrical, 125 x 12µ. Spores blackish brown, broadly elliptical to subglobose, 11–14 x 7–10µ. Habitat on dead beech. Season all year. Uncommon. Not edible. Found In Europe.


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