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Hypoxylon Bull. 1791

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Hypoxylon Bull. 1791
Hypoxylon Bull. 1791

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Present
New Zealand
Political Region

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Bull.
Bull.
1791
168
conserved
ICN
Hypoxylon Bull. 1791
genus
Hypoxylon

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Hypoxylon

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Hypoxylon Bull. 1791

Hypoxylon is common in New Zealand forests, with more than 20 species recorded. The fruiting bodies are typically flat and crust like. Some are black or with dull colours, but the exceptions, such as the bright orange H. cinnabarinum, the purple H. nothofagi, and the hemispherical, purple H. howeanum, are those most often noticed.

Large fruiting bodies containing many individual perithecia, usually flattened across the host surface, the perithecia often visible as small mounds across the surface of the fruiting body. Variable in colour, from bright orange or purple, to dull brown or black.

About 25 species have been reported from New Zealand, although the genus is still poorly understood here. Only those listed below are treated in the Virtual Mycota.

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Hypoxylon Bull. 1791
Hypoxylon Bull. (1791)
Hypoxylon Bull. 1791
Hypoxylon Bull. (1791)
Hypoxylon Bull. 1791
Hypoxylon Bull. (1791)
Nodulisporium Preuss (1849)

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Hypoxylon Bull. 1791
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1cb18ea5-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
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1 January 2001
12 May 2020
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