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Black wood-fungus
Annulohypoxylon sp.
-37.909, 145.438
Field Notes
Description:
Black nodular shapes upto about 35 mm wide with a thin brittle crust. The crust appeared to be fused minute bulging shapes (pic 4). The balls collapsed easily exposing an undifferentiated mass of black material. <br> Some of the nodules had a white bloom and white hyphae were seen around them.
Habitat:
Spotted growing on a moss covered trunk of dog wood tree (Pomaderris sp.)
Notes:
Some species of this fungus is used in the cultivation of Tremella fuciformis for commercial purposes. Tremella is a parasitic fungus does not produce an edible fruiting body without parsitising one of these. <br> Family: Xylariaceae
Reference Links:
Annulohypoxylon | Atlas of Living Australia
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 24, 2020
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