Xylaria root rot
Description
Micro-habitat(s)
Root, Woody debris, Stump
Distribution
Eastern Canada
Damage, symptoms and biology
Wood-inhabiting species that is finger-shaped or club-shaped and brownish black or black in colour. It has a bumpy, rough surface. The spores are contained in perithecia located in the fruiting body. This species has white, corky, fibrous flesh and a slightly tapered but robust stem. It produces dark brown spores. It is one of the few ascomycete species that are capable of decomposing the wood of sugar maple and box elder. This fungus causes root rot. The leaves of affected trees wilt, dry out and drop prematurely.
Other information
This species is not edible.
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Information on host(s)
Main host(s)
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