A PHOTO FUNGI OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA


Coral Spots, Bark Spots
and the Candle Snuff Family

Coral Spot Family
Nectria cinnabarina - Coral Spot
Happy Valley, Saltram Estate NT, Plymouth, Devon. 31.10.04 (Public Location) SX527551

Nectria galligena - Apple Canker
On living apple wood. Leigham Wood, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 17.02.07 (Public Location)

Tubercularia vulgaris - Coral Spot     close-up
On dead sycamore. Mainstone Woods, Mainstone, Plymouth, Devon.
30.10.06 (Public Location) SX516586


Candle Snuff, Bark Spots and Cramp Balls (Xylariaceae)
Biscogniauxia nummularia - Beech Tar Crust     close-up
On dead beech bark. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
01.12.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Diatrype sp. - Bark Spot ?
On beech. Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 24.10.06 (Private Location)

Daldinia concentrica - King Alfred's Cakes / Cramp Balls (old)     young     cross-section
On ash. Co-op Trail, Estover - Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
26.08.04 (Public Location) SX502591

Daldinia vernicosa     side-view     close-up     group on gorse stump
On gorse trunk and stump. Co-op Trail, Estover - Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
27.12.06 (Public Location) SX498591

Hypoxylon fragiforme - Beech Bark Spot     close-up
On fallen beech branch, deciduous woodland. Mudwell Woods, Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon. 30.11.06 (Private Location) SX525617

Hypoxylon multiforme - Birch Wood-wart
Mixed woodland. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
28.10.06 (Public Location) SX533594

Kretzschmaria deusta - Brittle Cinder ?     close-up     old
On fallen beech trunk. Andy Stevens LNR, Cann Woods, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon.
28.11.06 (Public Location) SX476602

Xylaria carpophila - Beechmast Candlesnuff     spores
Under beech on beech nut. Andy Stevens LNR, Cann Woods, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon.
23.02.07 (Public Location) SX476602


Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff Fungus     old fungi on stump
Mainstone Woods, Mainstone, Plymouth, Devon. 18.05.06 (Public Location) SX516586

Xylaria longipes - Dead Moll's Fingers     close-up
Plym Bridge Woods, nr. Wrigley's, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
29.10.06 (Public Location) SX520593

Xylaria polymorpha - Dead Man's Fingers     close-up
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. 11.12.06 (Public Location)


An Introduction to the Fungi Photo Galleries

Mushrooms and Toadstools  (Homobasidiomycetes)
A   B   C   D-G   H   I-K   L   M   N-Q   R   S-Z

Various Other Fungi
Bracket Fungi (Polyporales) and Other Related Fungi

Earth Fans and Tooth Fungi (Thelephorales)

Coral Spots, Bark Spots and the Candle Snuff Family

Puffballs, Earthballs and Bird's Nests

Stinkhorns (Phallales)

Clubs, Corals and Cups (Ascomycetes)

Saddles and Morels (Ascomycetes)

Jelly Fungi (Heterobasidiomycetes)

Rusts (Basidiomycota)

Smuts and other Basidiomycota

Other Fungi

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