Red Wood-wart
(Beech Cushion)
Description
Less than 1cm: Use magnifying glass.
Fruit-body cushion-shaped, Ø 4-10 mm, cinnamon to brick-red, later brown to black, rough, evenly covered with papillae. Stroma hard, brown-black to black.
Occurrence
On dead, thick branches and fallen trunks of Beech.
Saprophyte.
Related and/or similar species
- Hypoxylon fuscum
- Hypoxylon howeianum