How to identify it?
Fruiting Body
Fruiting body large; club-shaped, like a club, with a rounded tip.
Habit & Habitat
The species is saprobic; it grows singly or in clusters on dead or decaying wood such as stumps, logs, and branches, or near the base of a living tree. Spore print black.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Sac fungi Class
Sordariomycetes Order
Xylariales Family
Xylariaceae Genus
Xylaria Species
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