Xylaria polymorpha

Xylaria polymorpha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xylariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Sordariomycetes Subclassis: Xylariomycetidae Ordo: Xylariales

Familia: Xylariaceae
Genus: Xylaria
Species: Xylaria polymorpha

Name

• Xylaria polymorpha (Pers.) Grev. (1824)

Synonymy

• Sphaeria polymorpha Pers. (1797), Original combination

References

Primary references

• Greville, R.K. 1824. Flora edinensis: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh, arranged according to the Linnean system, with a concise introduction to the natural orders of the class Cryptogamia, and illustrated plates. pp. i–lxxxi, 1–478. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Xylaria polymorpha – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).

Vernacular names

• Cymraeg: Bysedd y meirw
• Deutsch: Vielgestaltige Holzkeule
• eesti: Kobarsüsik
• suomi: Nuijasarvisieni
• Nederlands: Houtknotszwam
• polski: Próchnilec maczugowaty
• svenska: Tjockhorn

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