Hazel Woodwart - Hypoxylon fuscum
Irregular, cushion-shaped stroma on the bark of Hazel. Initially it is pale brownish but darkens to brown and then black with age. The surface is without prominent bumps or pimples caused by perithecia and ostioles. Young specimens may have powdery buff-coloured conidia - the asexual stage.
Similar woodwarts and barkspots occur on tree species
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Photograph on habitat; note substrate and associated tree species
Almost always on dead wood of Hazel.
All year round.
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
10 December 2011
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
11 April 2011
On Hazel
Melinda Bell
Netherseal,Grange Wood
28 January 2025
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
01 May 2023
on fallen hazel branch
Peter Smith
Newtown Linford, footpath from Hallgates to Cropston Leys
26 February 2022
Jane Hollingworth
Tom Long's Meadow
28 February 2025
Melinda Bell
Burbage,Barwell lane
24 March 2022
David Nicholls
Burbage Wood
28 February 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Hazel Woodwart
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Xylariales
- Family:
- Hypoxylaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 54
- First record:
- 11/04/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 31/03/2026 (Hollingworth, Jane)
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CAPochin
Woodland, Tilton Lane
15 October 2020
Catherine Horrell
Cloud wood
30 November 2025
