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donnarainey4.bsky.social
A tiny velvety Candelsnuff fungi, Xylaria hypoxylon & a mite, photographed with hand lens & phone camera. #tinyworlds
October 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
jeremyvoh.bsky.social
Easy to walk right past, candlesnuff fungus grows from rotting wood in clusters of dark, finger-like stalks tipped in white. Those pale ends are involved in spore production, while the fungus turns fallen wood back into forest soil.

#MacroMonday #macro #mushroom #fungi #photography #nature #pnw
A close-up of candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) growing from decaying wood on the forest floor. Three slender, charcoal-black stalks rise from the mossy debris, each ending in a pale white, powdery tip where the fungus produces asexual spores. This small wood-decaying fungus helps break down dead hardwood, while the surrounding leaves, lichen, and moss fade into a soft background of earthy greens and browns.
September 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
thekentacorn.bsky.social
Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) growing in our woodland. Can’t actually remember when I took this

Also known as candlestick fungus, carbon antlers, or the stag's horn fungus

Grows in clusters on decaying hardwood, which we of course have a lot of
Fungi on deadwood
September 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
aibotxmm.bsky.social
炭团菌属是一种通常生长在腐木上的子囊菌，在欧洲较为常见。其中最典型的一种是 Hypoxylon fragiforme，往往可以在死去的山毛榉树干上发现。

📖 炭團菌屬
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%82%AD%E5%9C%98%E8%8F%8C%E5%B1%AC
July 1, 2026 at 10:08 AM
jocebaker.bsky.social
It's a very soggy hot stick Saturday in Australia's South West. 🌧 This one's dripping bonnets. And could that be a bit of candlesnuff (Xylaria hypoxylon) there too? #hotsticksaturday #fungifriends #fungi #mushroom #mycology
June 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
florenmartiago.bsky.social
Fichas de enfermedades de Manuel Frías: www.florenmartiago.es/p/plagas-y-e...

Corazón rojo de Haya_Madera pasmada del Haya

Phytophthora cinnamomi_Cambivora

Hypoxylon mediterraneum

Clasterosporium carpophilum_Cylindrosporella padi

Gnomonia leptostyla

Mycosphaerella maculiformis...
PLAGAS Y ENFERMEDADES (GORNP_2002)
Hasta que se terminen voy a ir subiendo estas fichas que forman parte de mis apuntes de plagas de grado superior en Gestión y Organización d...
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May 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
spitewinter.bsky.social
#plants #fungi #history #botany #art 🍄

European Fungi - BE CAREFUL! ☠️

Plate 27 of 'Lessons from the vegetable world'
The engraver has kindly not specified which are toxic. Read the ALT TEXT for naming / basic advice..

Woodland Trust on toxic #mushrooms -
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2025/02...
Agaricus campestris - Field Mushroom (Maybe. I'm a little concerned by the grey mottled on the cap.) Cantharellus cibarius - Common Chantrelle. Delicious. Morchella esculenta - Common Morel. Delicious. Geastrum triplex - Collared Earthstar. Not toxic but inedible. Peziza genus - Carmine peziza. This varies across the genus. Generally unpleasant at best. Assume TOXIC. Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric. TOXIC. not always, but you don't want to be the one to find out. Xylaria hypoxylon - Flat horned sfheria, Candlesnuff Fungus - Not toxic but small, tough and unpleasant. Don't eat it.
May 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
digitalrodent.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy
For #fungifriday I offer this #fungus I encountered yesterday growing on/by a rotting log on the bank of North Capitol Lake in #batonrouge #louisiana. My app tells me it might be Xylaria hypoxylon, which is commonly known as Candlesnuff Fungus. There’s also a little #Mosstodon going on here…
A close up of the largest clump of the fungus. It looks like a light gray branching structure growing out of a gray base. This fungus appears to be tucked into the side of a decaying log on the forest floor. A wider view of the fungus showing the larger clump and a number of smaller less dense clumps. The decaying wood with some green moss growing on it, and the leaves of the forest floor are also visible.
May 1, 2026 at 7:26 AM
jaspersharp.bsky.social
Hypoxylon- now here’s an overlooked genus if ever there was one.
mycokeys.pensoft.net MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · Apr 14
A fungal survey in northern Iran has revealed two new Hypoxylon species and four new country records, identified through molecular phylogenetic and morphological analysis.

Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/myco...
April 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
mycokeys.pensoft.net
A fungal survey in northern Iran has revealed two new Hypoxylon species and four new country records, identified through molecular phylogenetic and morphological analysis.

Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/myco...
April 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM
funghimicologia.bsky.social
A polyphasic study of Hypoxylaceae (Xylariales, Ascomycota) in Iran: new species and records from Hyrcanian forests

mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/186541
A polyphasic study of Hypoxylaceae (Xylariales, Ascomycota) in Iran: new species and records from Hyrcanian forests
In a survey of pyrenomycetes in the north of Iran, a total of 20 specimens were collected and characterized via an integrative approach. Sequences derived from the ITS, LSU, rpb2, and tub2 loci were amplified, sequenced, and analyzed in a molecular phylogenetic framework using maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony analyses. Additional morphological and chemotaxonomic evidence analyzed in tandem revealed two new species, which we coined Hypoxylon hyrcanense sp. nov. and H. pseudoinvestiens sp. nov., as well as four new records for Iran, namely Hypomontagnella submonticulosa, Hypoxylon crocopeplum, H. larissae, and H. ticinense. We further discuss recent additions to Hypoxylon and report the anamorph of H. larissae for the first time. All species are illustrated, described, and discussed.
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April 11, 2026 at 9:13 AM
danisue.bsky.social
An Oak Tree a Day
Visited an old friend. 20 years ago I isolated hypoxylon canker on this tree (it looks like little charcoal briquettes 😉) Just a reminder that you are stronger than you think. Bonus monarch caterpillar. California #nativePlants #nature
An oak tree next to a dirt path. It is dotted by grasses and shrubs. The St homes on the background and the sky is blue with a few wispy clouds. A closer look at the trunk of this oak tree that is split on one door There is done loss of larger limbs but The canopy of the oak is coming out nicely and the intact branches look healthy Bonus monarch caterpillar on a native showy milkweed plant. Aloes and bark mulch in the background
April 5, 2026 at 1:40 AM
nuiipointer.bsky.social
Nobody likes Hypoxylon fungi but I think they look kind of cool with all their little bumps and the patterns they form on wood.
#fungifriends #moss
Hypoxylon fungi in the form of little dimpled brown balls spread over a thick branch. There’s also a patch of moss. These fungi are hard and tough.
March 26, 2026 at 9:09 PM
diabolicalplots.com
Most recent few of the 72 fungi. I am less sure how accurate this category identification is. The app includes lichen here tho that is a hybrid organism that should probably be in Other. Fungi are ny favorite to find because they are more ephemeral than plants but easier to photo than animals.
Last few of 72 fungi: Tubakia suttonania Ceramic Parchment aka Xylobolus frustulatus Hypoxylon Canker aka Biscogniauxia atropunctata Stereum fasciatum Black Sheet Lichen aka Parmotre a reticatum Golden-eye Lichen aka Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
March 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
joaniemcnaughton.bsky.social
A brand new one for me, I spotted this Cosmospora arxii, a red nectria, on Beech Woodwart, Hypoxylon fragiforme. Seen at #KinneilEstate 01/03/2026. @britmycolsoc.org.uk
March 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
sjscentraltx.bsky.social
It was so stressed from 5 years of extreme cold, extreme heat, drought, and ice storms, that it succumbed to hypoxylon canker. When the temperature rose above 85F, the fungus pads expanded and pushed the bark off the tree.

tfsweb.tamu.edu/trees/tree-h...
Hypoxylon Canker - Texas A&M Forest Service
Hypoxylon canker, Biscogniauxia atropunctatum, is a fungus that causes stressed oak and other hardwood trees to die. The disease is common across the southern U.S.   Healthy trees are not invaded by t...
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March 19, 2026 at 3:56 AM
yesitsowl.bsky.social
Xylaria hypoxylon is a species of bioluminescent fungus in the family Xylariaceae.[NB 1] It is known by a variety of common names, such as the candlestick fungus, the candlesnuff fungus, carbon antlers,[2] or the stag's horn fungus. (Wikipedia) (а фото моє)
March 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social
Hypoxylon fragiforme and Jackrogersella cohaerens. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#fungi #grzyby #mycology #fungifriends
March 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
microbiologysociety.org
Atkinsonella hypoxylon virus capsid structure highlights the diversity of capsid proteins among the Partitiviridae. Published Open Access and fee-free in JGV using a Publish and Read agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002209 #JGV #PublishandRead
AhV capsid structure. (a) A section of a representative micrograph of AhV VLPs and 2D class averages. Scale bar=100 nm. (b) The 2.4 Å resolution 3D reconstruction of AhV, colored according to quasi-conformer, with monomer A colored pink and monomer B colored grey. The capsid surface (left) and a central slice through the capsid (right) are shown. (c) The atomic model of AhV, showing the model for a single asymmetric unit from the bottom (left) and the side (right) with the monomers colored as in panel (b).
February 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
stellastra.bsky.social
Thank you, mukuuji-san! She was a lot of fun to make in the character creator. Maybe I'll draw her sometime soon with her Xylaria hypoxylon horns!~ 🍄🦌🌲
February 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
fungiexplained.bsky.social
Hypoxylon Canker (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) lurks beneath urban trees, quietly biding its time beneath winter’s surface for a spring reawakening. Could our city trees be harboring more secret allies than we thought? #FungiExplained #UrbanEcology
February 20, 2026 at 5:16 AM
paulmeesters.bsky.social
#Paddenstoelenspam #Paddospam
De #Geweizwam #Xylaria_hypoxylon is een zwart-wit gekleurde zakjeszwam met vertakte, gewei-achtige vruchtlichamen. Hij groeit op dood loofhout, vooral in vochtige bossen. De toppen zijn vaak wit berijpt door sporen. Verschijnt vooral in herfst en winter.
Geweizwam - Xylaria hypoxylon
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
fungiexplained.bsky.social
Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) thrives amid winter's slumber, revealing secrets of resilience in the cold. What can its survival strategy teach us about nature's innovation? #FungiExplained #Mycology #WinterFungi
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
refbooks.bsky.social
Still a lot of Xylaria hypoxylon about. You may know them as candlestick, candlesnuff or stag's horn fungus. But I found one group that had orange antler tips, and another group that was totally white and freakishly long.
#fungifriends
February 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
rattejak.bsky.social
Xylaria fungi
01/02/26
Pixelart illustration of fungal structures on a branch. Individual descriptions from left to right: Xylaria hypoxylon. Resembles coral, with a black base and grey top. Often times much thinner and more branched in real life. Xylaria flabelliformis. Resembles cotton candy, with a dark base and pink floral folds at the top. Xylaria ianthinovelutina. Incredibly thin and resembles very small strings standing upright. The bottom half is black while the top is greyish white. Xylaria tentaculata. Resembles a fairy sparkler, with a tall black base and firework-shaped white top with many branches. Xylaria fockei. A large bulbous structure on a stand. Completely pale in colour but the bulbous part is dotted with specks. Xylaria compuncta. Resembles chewed gum, a large beige-coloured blob growing out of wood. In real life, this fungus can have a yellow tinge Xylaria telfairii. A tall thick bulbous structure that is beige in colour. Resembles fingers emerging from the ground. Xylaria lutea. Bright yellow fungal towers which can sometimes branch in real life.
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 AM