Family: Xylariaceae

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This family includes a number of genera common on dead wood. The perithecia and stromata are typically dark in coloured. With black spores	Other Web Sites
	- Xylariaceae

Genus: Daldinia

Species: Daldinia childiae J.D. Rogers & Y.M. Ju
Common Name: Charcoal fungus, King Alfred's cake Found: Podocarp Forest Substrate: Wood Spore: Black	Length: 75 mm Width: 50 mm Season: All year round Edible: No

Genus: Hypoxylon

Species: Hypoxylon bovei var. microsporum J.H. Mill.
Common Name: None Found: CoastalForest Substrate: Wood Spore: Brown	Length: 1 mm Width: 1 mm Season: Autumn Edible: No

Species: Hypoxylon howeanum
Common Name: None Found: Nothofagus Forest Substrate: Decaying Wood Spores: ?	Height: 4 mm Width: 4 mm Season: Autumn Edible: No

Genus: Xylaria

Species: Xylaria cubensis
Common Name: None Found: Pine Forest Substrate: Growing from wood Spore: ?	Height: 50 mm Width: 25 mm Season: Autumn Edible: No

Species: Xylaria hypoxylon (Linnaeus:Fries) Greville Fruit bodies erect, tough, clavarioid in shape, usually branched near the top.
Common Name: Candlesnuff Fungus, Stags horn fungus Found: Mixed Forest Substrate: Growing from wood Spore: Black	Height: 30 mm Width: 4mm Season: Autumn to winter Edible: No

Species: Xylaria castorea Berk.
Common Name: Dead man fingers Found: Nothofagus Forest Substrate: Growing from wood Spore: Black	Height: 60 mm Width: 10 mm Season: Autumn Edible: No

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