THE GENUS HYPOXYLON

• Introduction
• Historical aspects
• Materials and methods
• Key to Hypoxylon taxa
• Accepted taxa
• Taxonomy
• Biology
• Morphology

The pages on Hypoxylon are based on the following book to which the user is also referred: Ju, Y.-M., and J. D. Rogers. 1996. A revision of the genus Hypoxylon. Mycologia Memoir no. 20. APS Press, St. Paul, MN. 365 pp. We are grateful to APS Press for allowing us to reproduce parts of this book.

TAXONOMY

• Synonyms of Hypoxylon
• Generic description
• Subgeneric taxa of Hypoxylon
• Comparison between subgeneric taxa recognized in Ju and Rogers' 1996 revision and those recognized in Miller's 1961 monograph
• Summary of taxon pairs and clusters

BIOLOGY

• Evolution
• Speciation
• Development and cytology
• Stromatal pigments

MORPHOLOGY

• Stromata
• Perithecia
• Ostioles
• Asci
• Ascospores
• Anamorphs

KEY TO HYPOXYLON TAXA

• How to separate the two sections of Hypoxylon
• Key to section Hypoxylon
• Key to section Annulata

ACCEPTED TAXA

• Accepted taxa of section Hypoxylon
• Accepted taxa of section Annulata