Fungalpedia – Note 1970, Sarcoxylon

 

Sarcoxylon. Cooke.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Xylariaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes – Sarcoxylon was established by Cooke (1883). Rogers (1981) maintained Sarcoxylon as a distinct genus apart from Hypoxylon, Entonaema and Xylaria. The genus is characterized by superficial, pulvinate to hemispherical to more or less upright stromata with a gelatinous zone beneath ascomatal layer, cylindrical, pedicellate asci with a J+, apical ring and unicellular, ellipsoid-inequilateral, brown ascospores. The phylogenetic studies of Senanayake et al. (2015), Daranagama et al. (2018) and Wendt et al. (2018) accepted Sarcoxylon in Xylariaceae.

 

Type species: Sarcoxylon compunctum (Jungh.) Cooke.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Xylaria.

 

References

Cooke MC. 1883 – The genus Anthostoma. Grevillea 12, 49–53.

Daranagama DA, Hyde KD, Sir EB, Thambugala KM et al. 2018 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Graphostromataceae, Hypoxylaceae, Lopadostomataceae and Xylariaceae. Fungal Diversity 88, 1–165.

Rogers JD. 1981 – Sarcoxylon and Entonaema (Xylariaceae). Mycologia 73, 28–61.

Senanayake IC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Bhat JD et al. 2015 – Towards unraveling relationships in Xylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes). Fungal Diversity 73, 73–144.

Wendt L, Sir EB, Kuhnert E, Heitkämper S et al. 2018 – Resurrection and emendation of the Hypoxylaceae, recognised from a multigene phylogeny of the Xylariales. Mycological Progress 17, 115–154.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 11 March 2026

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