Extract from Wikipedia article: Xylaria polymorpha, commonly known as dead man's fingers, is a saprobic fungus. It is a common inhabitant of forest and woodland areas, usually growing from the bases of rotting or injured tree stumps and decaying wood. It has also been known to colonize substrates like woody legume pods, petioles, and herbaceous stems. It is characterized by its elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, much like fingers. The genus Xylaria contains about 100 species of cosmopolitan fungi. Polymorpha means "many forms". As its name suggests, it has a very variable but often club-shaped fruiting body (stroma) resembling burned wood.
Fungus dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) in moss on a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Saprobic fungus dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) at the base of a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Saprobic fungus dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) on a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Group of dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha mushrooms) near a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Dissected mushrooms dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) near a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Dissected mushrooms dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) on moss near a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Close up of a mushroom dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Group of dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha mushrooms) near a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park in Pushkin, former Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2017 Doroga Na Aleksandrovku, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha mushrooms) near a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park in Pushkin, former Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2017 Doroga Na Aleksandrovku, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Mushrooms dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) on old low linden stump south-west from Arsenal in Alexander Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 18, 2021 Malyy Lamskiy Most, Ланской пруд Александровском парке, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 196603
Close-up of mushrooms dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) on old low linden stump near Small Lamsky Bridge in Alexander Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 18, 2021 Malyy Lamskiy Most, Ланской пруд Александровском парке, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 196603
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