Scientific name

Hypoxylon fragiforme (Pers.) J. Kickx f. [IndexFungorum]

Synonyms

Anthina flavovirens Fr. [IndexFungorum. Sylloge Fungorum 1: 353; 14: 1185; 15: 45] Hypoxylon coccineum Bull. [IndexFungorum. Sylloge Fungorum 1: 353; 2 (Addenda to volume 1); 9: 545; 9: 562; 12: 334; 19: 953; 20: 1257; 26: 293] Hypoxylon majusculum Cooke [IndexFungorum. Sylloge Fungorum 1: 361; 2 (Addenda to volume 1); 9: 562; 12: 336] Sphaeria fragiformis Pers. [IndexFungorum. Sylloge Fungorum 1: 353]

English common name

Not known.

Other common names

Not known.

Taxonomic position

Xylariaceae, Xylariales, Ascomycota, Fungi.

Geographical distribution

Australia (Tasmania); Austria; Azerbaijan (East Transcaucasia); Bermuda; British Isles; Canada (Québec); Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Denmark; Eire (Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Louth, Mayo, Offaly, Wicklow); former Yugoslavia; France; Georgia (Abkhazia, Abkhazia; Gulripshi, Akhmeta, Borjomi, Tetritskaro); Germany (Rheinland); Greece; India (Gujarat); Ireland; Italy (Sicilia); Japan; Malaysia (Sabah); Netherlands; New Caledonia; Paraguay; Poland; Rumania; Russia (Leningradskaya oblast); Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; UK (Aberdeenshire, Anglesey, Antrim, Argyllshire, Armagh, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Berwickshire, Brecknockshire, Buckinghamshire, Buteshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Down, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Durham, East Lothian, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Essex, Fermanagh, Flintshire, Forfar, Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Gloucestershire, Gwent, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Invernessshire, Isle of Man, Kent, Kincardineshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Londonderry, Merionethshire, Middlesex, Midlothian, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Morayshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Peeblesshire, Pembrokeshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross & Cromarty, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Stirlingshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Tyrone, Warwickshire, West Lothian, West Sussex, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire); Ukraine (Cherkasy oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kherson oblast, Khmelnitskyi oblast, Kiev oblast, Lviv oblast, Poltava oblast, Republic of Crimea, Rivne oblast, Ternopil oblast, Vinnytsia oblast, Zakarpatska oblast, Zhytomyr oblast); USA (Pennsylvania); Venezuela.

Red List assessment

Least Concern [IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. Level: global].

Rationale

This evaluation is based on 3585 records [breakdown: Cybernome (4 records); IndexFungorum (5 records); other catalogues (16 records); Cybertruffle's Robigalia (176 records); Cybertruffle's Robigalia editorial queue (73 records); Fungus Records Database of Britain and Ireland (3093 records); USDA Fungal Databases (126 records); indexes of books and serial publications (92 records)]. There are 3381 records with dates, the earliest 1791, the most recent 2009. Of dated records, 88% are post 1960. This species is recorded from 36 countries distributed through 8 continents and regions. This fungus is known to occur in association with 55 other species belonging in 42 genera. This species is widely distributed and associated with more than one other genus. An appreciable proportion of the dated records were made after 1960.

Reasons for change from previous assessment

None: not previously assessed.

Current population trend

Not known.

Date of assessment

2 August 2009.

Name/s of the assessor/s

V.P. Hayova

Text documentation

Taxonomy. No comment. Geographic range. See Geographical distribution above. Population. Not known. Habitat and ecology. Associated organism (substratum) [some data unedited and of variable quality]: soil, Acer sp., Acer pseudoplatanus (log, twig, wood), Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum, Alnus sp. (branch, trunk), Alnus fruticosa var. sinuata, Alnus glutinosa (twig), Alnus sinuata, Amygdalus persica, Angiospermae sp. (branch, log, stem, stump, trunk, wood), Betula sp. (bark, branch, litter, log, stump, trunk, wood), Betula borysthenica (trunk), Betula nana (stump), Betula pendula (branch, trunk, wood), Betula pubescens (wood), Carpinus sp. (bark, twig), Carpinus betulus (branch, log, twig), Carpinus orientalis (twig), Castanea sativa, Cocos nucifera, Corylus avellana (branch, shoot, twig, wood), Crataegus sp. (bark), Fagaceae sp. (log), Fagus sp. (bark, branch, log, stem, stick, stump, trunk, twig, wood), Fagus crenata, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus moesiaca, Fagus obliqua, Fagus orientalis (twig), Fagus sylvatica (bark, branch, cupule, debris, litter, log, root, stick, stump, tree, trunk, trunk, twig, wood), Fraxinus sp. (branch, wood), Fraxinus excelsior (bark, branch, log, twig, wood), Fraxinus spaethiana, Galium aparine (leaf), Gymnospermae sp. (bark, wood), Hypoxylon rubiginosum, Ilex sp., Isaria umbrina, Larix sp. (twig), Malus orientalis (branch), Nectria coccinea, Nectria episphaeria, Nodulisporium aeruginosum, Nothofagus obliqua, Picea sp. (log), Picea sitchensis, Pinus sp. (branch), Pinus mugo subsp. uncinata, Pinus nigra (leaf), Plantae indet. (bark, twig, wood), Poaceae sp., Polydesmia pruinosa, Populus sp. (root), Populus tremula, Prunus sp., Prunus persica (branch), Prunus spinosa (wood), Quercus sp. (branch, litter, log, stump, wood), Quercus garryana, Quercus ilex (log), Quercus lanuginosa, Quercus petraea (branch), Quercus pubescens (twig), Quercus robur (wood), Salix sp. (branch, stump, wood), Sambucus nigra (stump, wood), Secale cereale, Styrax japonicus, Tilia sp. (branch, wood), Tilia cordata (wood), Ulex europaeus, Ustulina deusta, Viola odorata. Threats. Not known. Utilization. None known.