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| synonyms: Beech Woodwart |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood |
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Hypoxylon fragiforme (Pers. ex Fr.) Kickx Beech Woodwart. Fruit body 0.1–1cm across, gregarious, hemispherical, bright salmon-pink at first becoming brick-red and later blackening, with a finely warted surface. Flesh hard, blackish. Asci cylindrical, 150 x 8µ. Spores dark brown, subfusiform, containing one to three oil drops, 11–15 x 5–7µ. Habitat dead beech. Season late summer to early spring. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe.
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adam cheeseman (United Kingdom) - 09 November 2008
Is this restricted to Beech only or can it be found on other tree species? I found something that I thought was this growing on dead willow.
Cheers,
Adam
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