Maryland Biodiversity Project - Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus (Xylaria liquidambar)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus Xylaria liquidambar J.D. Rogers, Y.M. Ju & F. San Martín

Synonyms: Liquidambar Xylaria, Sweetgum Fruit Fungus, Sweetgum Xylaria, Xylaria liquidambaris.

Kingdom Fungi > Phylum Ascomycota > Class Sordariomycetes > Order Xylariales > Family Xylariaceae > Genus Xylaria Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus - Xylaria liquidambar - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/20099

Description:

Slender, cylindrical, often crooked, usually unbranched, tough, smooth to rough fruiting bodies with pointed tips; initially pale yellow to white becoming brown to black. Stalk is not easily discernible.

Relationships:

Found solitary or in groups on dropped, decomposing Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) fruit (J. Solem, pers. comm.).

Records:

There are 13 records in the project database.

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Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/16/2019). Determined by Jo Solem. (Photo ID: 146055 - Psn: 20)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/16/2019). Determined by Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/20/2019). Determined by Jo Solem. (Photo ID: 146335 - Psn: 20)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/20/2019). Determined by Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/3/2019). (Photo ID: 150482 - Psn: 20)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/3/2019). Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2019). Verified by Jo Solem. (Photo ID: 144820 - Psn: 35)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2019). Verified by Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/25/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 333491 - Psn: 35)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/25/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/12/2022). (c) David, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/'>CC BY-NC-SA</a>). (Photo ID: 622964 - Psn: 40)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/12/2022). (c) David, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by David via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus on Sweet Gum fruit in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2019). (Photo ID: 144821 - Psn: 45)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus on Sweet Gum fruit in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2019). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/25/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2019). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 361181 - Psn: 88)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2019). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Howard Co., Maryland (6/23/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 538211 - Psn: 188)

Sweet Gum Fruit Fungus in Howard Co., Maryland (6/23/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

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