Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) transforms decaying wood into eerie, candle-like sculptures during autumn. Could this uncanny design inspire future eco-innovations? #FungiExplained #AutumnScience #Mycology
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Could be candle-snuff fungus Xylaria hypoxylon ... @norfolknats.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) propels its spores with an explosive burst across autumn’s leaf litter. What hidden force do you think drives this sudden spore show? #FungiExplained #Mycology
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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I grabbed my phone, a clip-on macro lens and focussed on the smaller fungi (and a slime mould) in a wet Dorset wood. See ALT text for more detail 😎 Powerstock NR 1/11/25 #dorset #fungi @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A beautiful piece of a very common fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon (Candlesnuff fungus). Dorset 1/11/25 #fungi #FungiFriends
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Happy #Halloween!
Commonly known as Dead Man's Fingers, Xylaria Polymorpha, of the phylum known as Ascomycetes (division Mycota), is a cosmopolitan saprobic fungus characterized by elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, looking a lot like dead human fingers.
Commonly known as Dead Man's Fingers, Xylaria Polymorpha, of the phylum known as Ascomycetes (division Mycota), is a cosmopolitan saprobic fungus characterized by elongated upright, clavate, or strap-like stromata poking up through the ground, looking a lot like dead human fingers.
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Dead Man's Fingers #Mushrooms (Xylaria polymorpha)
or Dead Moll’s Fingers (Xylaria longipes) ?
#fungi #horror #gothic #halloween
or Dead Moll’s Fingers (Xylaria longipes) ?
#fungi #horror #gothic #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Happy All-Hallows E'en. That Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha) photo was really spooky.
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Uma Xylaria dramática em PB
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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It wouldn't be Halloween without this classic!
Xylaria polymorpha,
a fungus known as "dead man’s fingers."
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 👻💀🎃🐾
Xylaria polymorpha,
a fungus known as "dead man’s fingers."
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 👻💀🎃🐾
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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#RecordOfTheWeek today is some spoOOooOoky Dead Moll's Fingers (Xylaria longipes), spotted in Fforest Ganol by Mark Waldron.
Thanks for the record and photo, submitted via the LERC Wales App www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app
#HappyHalloween #Halloween
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Thanks for the record and photo, submitted via the LERC Wales App www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app
#HappyHalloween #Halloween
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October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) transforms stubborn wood into nature’s ingenious recycler in autumn’s moist embrace. How can decay be so brilliantly inventive? #FungiExplained #Mycology #ForestScience
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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#FungiFriday #Halloween🕸️ edition! 'Dead men's fingers' Xylaria polymorpha, seen last Saturday in #Lancashire. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) busy rotting logs today in a West Lothian woodland. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Xylaria hypoxylon aka candlesnuff fungus.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Halloween vibes: Xylaria polymorpha (EN dead man's fingers, PL próchnilec maczugowaty). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#fungi #mushrooms #grzyby #fungifriends #mycology
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October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I spy, with my little eye, something yummy & yellow...hiding among a cluster of boletes in the Suillaceae family
This white #Fungi growing on a mossy log was a first for me
Best guesses are Stilbella byssiseda or Xylaria furcata, open to suggestions
Found in the #HohRainforest
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This white #Fungi growing on a mossy log was a first for me
Best guesses are Stilbella byssiseda or Xylaria furcata, open to suggestions
Found in the #HohRainforest
#AltText 🌱 🍄📸
October 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Two photos of quite abundant Xylaria hypoxylon, a.k.a. candlestick fungus, the candlesnuff fungus, carbon antlers or the stag's horn fungus.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) intrigues with its candle-wick form, a clever woodland recycler that quietly reshapes its forest stage. What hidden stories might its secret biochemistry unfold? #FungiExplained #CandlesnuffFungus #ForestScience
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Session #1 Highlight: Xylaria using her Death Connection ability on a severed goblin head to infer the dangers ahead. The image of this Devil's Tooth/Corpse Finger humanoid mushroom witch holding the goblin head as her mycelium threaded its way into the brain… creepy!
🏷️ #Daggerheart #DHLMoP #TTRPG
🏷️ #Daggerheart #DHLMoP #TTRPG
October 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Lost Mine of Phandelver (but Daggerheart) – introducing the PCs!
Malazzar, the infernis mercenary wizard.
Rurik Stonebelly, the dwarf-giant guardian.
Xylaria Peckii, the fungril hedge witch.
🏷️ #Daggerheart #DHLMoP #TTRPG
Malazzar, the infernis mercenary wizard.
Rurik Stonebelly, the dwarf-giant guardian.
Xylaria Peckii, the fungril hedge witch.
🏷️ #Daggerheart #DHLMoP #TTRPG
October 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Xylaria hypoxylon at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday looking more perhaps like a clutching elfin hand than a candlestuff that gives this fungus its common name.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) bursts into action this autumn with an explosive spore show, like a hidden fireworks display of ingenious natural design. What secret does its architecture hold? #FungiExplained #Mycology #Autumn
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Thanks Izzie :) Nice to get them into one spot so I can pick out the photos that work best. It's very much a "friends you meet along the way" collection. Even at this size I still missed fungi like xylaria oof
October 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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