Xylaria oxyacanthae Tul. & C. Tul.

Xylaria oxyacanthae Tul. & C. Tul. View in CoL , Saccardo's Syll. fung. II: xvii; IX: 541 (1863)

Usually occurs in clusters on soil or humus, annual, rare, odour and taste not distinctive and inedible. Stromata develop on composted soil, light-gray, smooth, pointed to blunt tips, small or long rooting base, usually branched, rooting base black, cylindric, flesh white hard and brittle. Papillate ostiole and stromata measures 50-80 mm × 3-5 mm. Sub-spherical perithecia, black, embedded in the fertile head, measure 0.2-0.4 mm diameter and arranged below the surface as a dense monolayer. Asci long, cylindrical, stipitate, 8- spored and measures 30-50 × 3-4 μm. Ellipsoid- inequilateral ascospores, uniseriate, brown, aseptate and measure 5-6 × 3-4 μm.

Substrate and distribution

Embedded in humus in coconut tree basins ( Cocos nucifera ) in scrub jungles of Konaje, Mangalore, Karnataka, India (July-September) (Sridhar, 2019) ( Figure 5 View Figure 5 ).