Common Tarcrust - Diatrype stigma
The fruit body is a blackish layer on the surface of the host, causing any bark to peel back around it. The stroma is peppered by tiny ostioles for spore release and very commonly cracks as the fruit body ages. Internally, the stroma is a whitish cream colour.
Good field photos; state host/substrate
Fruits on decaying wood from deciduous trees, such as Beech, Hazel, Hawthorn, Silver Birch and Oak
Fruits throughout the year.
Melinda Bell
Ulverscroft
28 January 2024
Melinda Bell
Sheet Hedges Wood
16 December 2024
ostioles visible on surface
Melinda Bell
Sheet Hedges Wood
16 December 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- Common Tarcrust
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Xylariales
- Family:
- Diatrypaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 07/07/2013 (Thompson, Peter)
- Last record:
- 21/01/2025 (Graves, Hazel)
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