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Cramp Balls

Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 765, February 466, March 386, April 370, May 356, June 262, July 224, August 229, September 290, October 296, November 381, December 470.
California6,750
United States3,960
Mexico56
Georgia53
North Carolina46
Virginia31
Maryland20
South Carolina20
Oregon18
Canada16

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassSordariomycetes
OrderXylariales
FamilyHypoxylaceae
GenusAnnulohypoxylon

Sources

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