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Xylaria hypoxylon
Several dark gray-to-black “sticks”, some branching, ~ 1 inch tall and less than ⅛ inch in diameter with white tips.
Lowland insular tropical mesic mixed forest and shrubland.
Spotted growing in mud in the lee of a fallen log alongside the Ehukai Pillbox Trail ascending the bluff behind the coastal strand on the North Shore of Oahu. Searching online, I found similar-appearing fungi, "Candle Snuff Fungus", Xylaria sp., described (as Number 7)* at https://dabawenyolife.wordpress.com/cate... *It is necessary to scroll down from Number 9 to find Number 7; spottings are listed in reverse numerical order on this site. Further searching led me to the referenced Wikipedia article
Spotted on Nov 11, 2015
Submitted on Nov 13, 2015
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