| Hypoxylon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Euascomycotina |
| Subclass: | Pyrenomycetes |
| Order: | Xylariales |
| Family: | Xylariaceae |
| Genus: | Hypoxylon Bull. |
| Type species | |
| Hypoxylon coccineum Bull. |
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Hypoxylon is a genus of Ascomycetes commonly found on dead wood, and usually one of the earliest species to colonise dead wood. A common European species is Hypoxylon fragiforme which is particular common on dead trunks of beech.