Hypoxylon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Xylariales |
| Family: | Hypoxylaceae |
| Genus: | Hypoxylon Bull. |
| Type species | |
| Hypoxylon coccineum Bull.
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Species include:
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Hypoxylon is a genus of
Based on morphological studies and gene sequence analyses, 27 species formerly assigned to Hypoxylon sect. Annulata were reassigned to a new genus called Annulohypoxylon in 2005.[2]
Research in Iran has shown the potential of some species of Hypoxylon in producing chemicals that are antagonistic against the disease ash dieback.[3]
Use in the cultivation of Tremella fuciformis
Some species in the genus Hypoxylon may be used in the cultivation of
Tremella fuciformis is a parasitic yeast that does not form an edible fruitbody without parasitizing another fungus.[4] Its preferred host, formerly known as Hypoxylon archeri,[4] was moved to the closely related genus Annulohypoxylon and is now known as Annulohypoxylon archeri.[2] Cultivators usually pair cultures of Tremella fuciformis with this species, but mushroom cultivation books written before the new genus was created suggest other Hypoxylon species may be used.[4]
Gallery
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Hypoxylon sp. -
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Hypoxylon fragiforme -
Nectria episphaeria (red beads) growing on Hypoxylon fragiforme -
Nectria episphaeria growing on Hypoxylon fragiforme
See also
References
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- ^ PMID 16457354.
- PMID 32377154.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-58008-175-7.
External links
- Index Fungorum
- Page with extensive information on the Hypoxylon genus
- Pyrenomycetes from southwestern France
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