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Candlestick Fungi
Xylaria hypoxylon
21.665, -158.045
Field Notes
Description:
Several dark gray-to-black “sticks”, some branching, ~ 1 inch tall and less than ⅛ inch in diameter with white tips.
Habitat:
Lowland insular tropical mesic mixed forest and shrubland.
Notes:
Spotted growing in mud in the lee of a fallen log alongside the Ehukai Pillbox Trail ascending the bluff behind the coastal strand on the North Shore of Oahu.
Searching online, I found similar-appearing fungi, "Candle Snuff Fungus", Xylaria sp., described (as Number 7)* at
https://dabawenyolife.wordpress.com/category/philippine-biodiversity-fi…
*It is necessary to scroll down from Number 9 to find Number 7; spottings are listed in reverse numerical order on this site.
Further searching led me to the referenced Wikipedia article
Reference Links:
Xylaria hypoxylon
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PublishedNovember 13, 2015
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