Xylariaceae

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Anamorph. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: on fallen wood (ash? chestnut?). Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Nikon Coolpix 950.

Longitude (deg): -1.2. Latitude (deg): 51.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Anamorph. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: on fallen wood (ash? chestnut?). Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Nikon Coolpix 950.

Longitude (deg): -0.6. Latitude (deg): 51.0. Longitude (deg/min): 0° 40' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 0' N. Vice county name: Surrey. Vice county no.: 17. Country: England. Stage: Anamorph. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Longitude (deg): -0.6. Latitude (deg): 51.1. Longitude (deg/min): 0° 40' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 10' N. Vice county name: Surrey. Vice county no.: 17. Country: England. Stage: Anamorph. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: "35mm transparencies (on a variety of films, but Agfa CT18 in the 1960's to early 1980's followed by Fujichrome in the late 1980's.) Transparencies scanned with Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II AF-2820U transparency scanner.".

Geweizwam, Candlesnuff fungus, Candlestick fungus, Carbon antlers, Stag's horn fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon.A focus stack of 130 photos.Canon 70DSigma 150mm F2.8 IF EX APO DG OS HSM ISO 200, 1/10 sec., f/4,5Manual exposure

WWT Monkwood, Worcs.SO802607

Xylaria hypoxylon

Herringfleet Hills

Geweizwam, Candlesnuff fungus, Candlestick fungus, Carbon antlers, Stag's horn fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon.Springstaart, Dicyrtomina minuta, Globular SpringtailThis afternoon I went out to see if I could find something interesting. I found on the remains of a tree some beautiful Candlesnuff fungus.As a precaution I made two sets of photos to stack. Each photo with an exposure time of 4 seconds. The stack consists of 8 photos but I took for each set 12 photos. With lets say 2 seconds in-between each photo, it took approximately 72 seconds to complete each set. In between both sets a surprise visitor appeared on stage, a springtail. Not only did it come in to focus, but it stayed still during the complete sequence!Stack of 8 picturesCanon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USMISO 100, 4 sec., f/6,3Exposure Program = Manual

Geweizwam, Candlesnuff fungus, Candlestick fungus, Carbon antlers, Stag's horn fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon.Same tree trunk, different group of Candlesnuff fungus.Stack of 9 picturesCanon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USMISO 100, 2,5 sec., f/6,3Exposure Program = Manual

A purple species growing from wood in Spring near Vancouver.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.

Kretzschmaria deusta (Hoffm.) Martin, syn.: Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind, Hypoxylon deustumBrittle cinder, DE: BrandkrustenpilzSlo.: rnea ogankaDat.: Feb. 27. 2016Lat.: 46.33499 Long.: 13.69911Code: Bot_934/2016_IMG9669Picture file names: from Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_10 to Kretzschmaria-deusta_raw_17.Habitat: light, mixed woodland Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica dominant; slightly inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, skeletal ground; half shade, quite humid place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6 - 8 deg C, elevation 715 m (2.350 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mostly debarked places of a heavily decayed, still standing trunk of Fagus sylvatica.Place: Vrsnik valley, below 'Na skali' settlement, above Pod Vriem place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: This is a quite a common fungus in Upper Posoje region, not really among the most beautiful, but still interesting. This species is much brighter when young, becoming black as charcoal when old. Growing on several places of a still standing trunk of large Fagus sylvatica. Ascomata confluent into patches up to 25 x 10 cm, with bumps from 3 to 10(15) mm in diameter, 2 to 6(10) mm thick, perithecia about 1 mm in diameter; very brittle, so it can't be cut even not with a sharp surgical knife without breaking it into pieces; no smell; SP none, spores found within crashed perithecia; these were rather old sporocarps.Spores smooth, dark, seems much flattened on one side (which probably explains large variability of their measured width compared to stable length), some with small drops. Dimensions: 28.3 [30.3 ; 31.2] 33.1 x 8.8 [9.9 ; 10.5] 11.6 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 30; C = 95%; Me = 30.7 x 10.2 microns; Qe = 3. Olympus CH20, NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400 x; in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 377. (2) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 336. (3) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1., Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 272.