The
University
of
the
West
Indies

The Macro-Fungi of Barbados

Xylaria Hill ex Schrank species 3  

Department
of
Biological
and
Chemical
Science

 

 

Division/Phylum: Ascomycota

Class: Ascomycetes

Order: Xylariales

Family: Xylariaceae

Common Name: Unknown

Habitat: Gully.   

Substrate: Dead wood.

Description: Short thin, bristle like, fungus. 

Club: Equal, very thin ~1/3 mm in width, 2.5-6 mm in height. Black in colour.

Growth Habit: Clumps. 

Spore: None obtained.

Specimen: St. Thomas; Layers Gully,

(13o 09 04.3N, 59o 34 49.3’ W) ,

Daniel-07-76, January-04-2007. Welchman Hall Gully, (13o01.383N, 59o 34.572’ W), Daniel-07-62, January-03-2006.

 

 

 

 

Figure 1. Xylaria species three in situ.

Figure 2.