Hypoxylon coccineum    Bull. 



New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Sordariomycetes/Xylariomycetidae/Xylariales/Xylariaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pyrenomycetideae  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Hypoxylon coccineum toxicity of Hypoxylon coccineum genus Hypoxylon  

The fruiting body is spherical, bright red-brown to orange-brown, without stem.

The fertile surface is.

It grows on wood, on recently fallen branches or tree trunks.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.8 cm (between 0.5 and 1 cm)

Distinctive features : globular brick-red fruiting body, very finely warty (microscope)

Hypoxylon coccineum is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



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