Diatrype virescens

Diatrype virescens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Diatrypaceae
Genus: Diatrype
Species:
D. virescens
Binomial name
Diatrype virescens
(Schwein.) M.A. Curtis

Diatrype virescens is a carbonaceous pyrenomycete in the family Diatrypaceae. It grows uniquely on the wood of American beech (Fagus grandifolia) in North America. Its growth structure is immersed, popping out from under the bark in scattered green fruiting bodies which soon fade to black.

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